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==Churches and Missions==
 
==Churches and Missions==
 
* Church Missionary Society.  
 
* Church Missionary Society.  
 
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* St George's Church
[https://www.facebook.com/archive150/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=598958340129248&set=pb.301806946511057.-2207520000.1368451730.&type=3&theater 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==
 
==Forts==
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Bannu Bannu] Love to Know 1911<br>
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_408.gif Bannu Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_408.gif Bannu Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India
 
  
 
====Historical books online====  
 
====Historical books online====  

Revision as of 15:12, 17 December 2013

Bannu
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 32.988889°N 70.605556°E
Altitude: 371 metres (1217ft)
Present Day Details
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 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.
  • St George's Church

Forts

External Links

Historical books online