Bannu
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 32.988889°N 70.605556°E |
| Altitude: | 371 metres (1217ft) |
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| Place Name: | Bannu |
| State/Province: | North West Frontier Province (NWFP) now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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| Bannu |
Bannu was the headquarters of Bannu District in the Derajat Division of North West Frontier Province in the British period. It was founded by Herbert Benjamin Edwardes in 1848. The town was used as a base for various military campaigns and punitive expeditions into the nearby tribal zones. The cantonment was centred around the fort.
Spelling Variants
Modern spelling: Bannu
Variants: Edwardesabad
Churches and Missions
- Church Missionary Society.
- St George's Church
Forts
External Links
- Bannu Town Imperial Gazetteer of India
Historical books online
- Pennell of the Afghan frontier; the life of Theodore Leighton Pennell, M.D., B. SC., F.R.C.S. Kaisar-i-Hind medal for public service in India by Alice Maud Pennell 1914. Dr Pennell of the Bannu Medical Mission died at the age of 44.
- "Bannu District" page 172 A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1 by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library
- "Waziristan District" by Lieutenant-Colonel B. B. Burke Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1925;44:3 pages 204-207. "Every officer must carry a loaded revolver when travelling on account of the possibility of fanatical attacks".
- "Notes on a Tour Through Waziristan" by Major A. D. Stirling Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1927;49:2 pages 143-151.