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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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| 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 Sir Herbert 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.
Photograph: Church in Bannu c. 1887 Archive150 on Facebook. Omer Khan comments "This is St George's Church, it used to be an Anglican church when the British were here and since 1970, it is part of the Church of Pakistan union; there is however also a Roman Catholic church there which I'm not so familiar with-- this church, St George's, is really lovely, and full of historical records of old military campaigns on the NW Frontier--plaques, memorial tablets etc"
Forts
External Links
Bannu Love to Know 1911
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.