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Bannu (Template:Lang-ur; Template:Lang-ps [ˈbanu], in the local Pashto dialect called Bana or Bani Gul) The City Location Near Waziristan. is the principal city of the Bannu District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is an important road junction and market city. Bannu is a very old city, founded in ancient times; however, the present location of the downtown Bannu was founded by Sir Herbert Edwardes in 1848, and was formerly called Edwardesabad and Dhulipnagar. It lies in the north-west corner of the district, in the valley of the Kurram River and was a British military base, especially in actions against Afghan border tribes. The town is located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Kurram river, (35 k.m) East Of North and South Waziristan, 79 miles (127 km) south of Kohat, 27 km north of Serai Naurang, and 89 miles (143 km) north of Dera Ismail Khan.
An inhabitant of Bannu is known as a Bannuchi.
History
Prehistory
The earliest known village settlement in the Bannu region is the archaeological site of Sheri Khan Tarakai.
British Era
Bannu formed the base for all punitive expeditions by troops of the British empire to the Tochi Valley and the Waziristan frontier. A military road led from Bannu town towards Dera Ismail Khan This was built by military engineering services under the supervision of a Bannu Engineer Ram N. Mullick who graduated from Banaras Engineering College. Mr.Mullick served in Iraq and Lahore before Partition as an expert in heavy earth moving machinery. They moved to New Delhi after partition of India.
The Imperial British Gazetteer:
The population in 1901 was 14,291, including cantonment and civil lines (4,349). It was founded in 1848 by Lieutenant (afterwards Sir Herbert) Edwardes, who selected the site for political reasons. The fort, erected at the same time, bore the name of Dhulipgarh (Dalipgarh), in honour of the Maharaja of Lahore; and the bazar was also known as Dhulipnagar (Dalipnagar). A town gradually grew up around the bazar, and many Hindko speaking Hindu traders removed hither from Bazar Ahmad Khan, which had formed the commercial centre of the Bannu valley prior to annexation. The Church Missionary Society supports a small church and a high school founded in 1865. The cantonment centres in the fort of Dhulipgarh. Its garrison consists of a mountain battery, a regiment of native cavalry, and two regiments of infantry. The municipality was constituted in 1867. The municipal receipts and expenditure during the ten years ending 1903-4 averaged Rs. 46,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 47,000, chiefly derived from octroi; and the expenditure was Rs. 55,000. The receipts and expenditure of cantonment funds during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 4,200 and Rs. 3,700. The profuse irrigation and insufficient drainage of the surrounding fields render Bannu an unhealthy station. The town has a considerable trade, embracing the whole traffic in local produce of the Bannu valley. The nearest railway station is at Kohat on the Khushalgarh-Thal branch of the North-Western Railway, 79 miles distant by road. A weekly fair collects an average number of 8,000 buyers and sellers. The chief articles of trade are cloth, live-stock, wool, cotton, tobacco, and grain. Bannu possesses a dispensary and two high schools, a public library, and a town hall known as the Nicholson Memorial.
Taimoor Ali Shah( kotka masood shah sabokhel mandan bannu )
Universities
The University of Engineering and Technology (UET) has a campus in Bannu. The UET Bannu campus was founded in 2002 by Former Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah.
The University of Science and Technology, Bannu (USTB) was established in 2005. University of Science and Technology was founded by Chief Minister Mohammad Akram Khan Durrani in 2005.The UST Bannu has established under Provincial Assembly Act and is recognized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC).
Demography
The Bannuchi tribe dominate the city, and they speak a special dialect of Pashto. Almost 100% of the population are ethnic Pashtuns. Some Quresh and Sayyad and some others areas like Surani. this very beautiful area. are the famus family of surani and leading parson of the bazidkhel Malik Nasir khan and Malik Nawab khan bannu.this is basic from {Afghanistan} and its come from 1800 AD in bannu. are also found in Bannu, originally they are Arab. The Faqir and the Qazi (Sokari/Fatima Khel) families are among the most famous families in Bannu.Forefathers of Qazi family Sokari came to Bannu along with Amir Timur Gurkan in 1398. Another notable family is Musa Khel Marwat, often bilingual in Pashto, as well as arguably being among the most urbanized and educated of the Pashtuns in Bannu. Most prominent and being head of the family was Gul Mohammad Khan s/o Fateh Muhammad Khan, musa khel marwat,a law graduate,reached the rank of District Judge during British Raj . Most important area of Bannu is held by ISAKI tribe which lives in the beautiful area of Mandan,Hahti Khel Bannuchi,Hojari,Kaaki. Malik Shawal Khan owned the area of Hathi Khel Bannuchi,Ismail Khel and Thughul Khel.Former President of Pakistan Ghulam-es-Haq Khan belong to Ismail Khel Bannu. There also live a reasonable number of Pashtun which comprise of Bangash and Wazir.some are wealthy landowners as well. Majority villages of Hindkis are Hindkiye kala (Kotka Zabta Khan), Kotka Feorz (Sher Ghani Khan), Nizam Bazar (Guljah family), Haibak, Ghoriwala and mama khel. Sikh tribe also live in Bannu, there are many Sikh families which are settled there from years maybe they are living from the era when Pakistan was part of India Now Most of the people belong to Bannu but there are people from all over pakhtoon khwa, many students came to study in Akram khan durani model school and college as well as the universities, but demografically they don't belong to bannu.
Culture
The People of Bannu 100% follow Deoband Sunni Islam. and there are some Persian living in Bannu. There is also a Live Afghani Pashtun . People of Bannu strickly follow Islam as their religion. Mosques are fullfilled by people at the time of prayer, and Bannu has the most percentage of people going to mosques in khyber pakhtoon khwa. They also celebrate Islamic festivals like Eid-ul-fitar and Eid-ul-azha etc..
See also
- FR Bannu Muhammad Khail
- Tank District
- North Waziristan
- Dera Ismail Khan
- Lakki Marwat District
- Mianwali
- Karak District
- Kohat
- Kurram Agency
- Khost
References
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
- "Information about Serai Naurang, Lakki Marwat".
- April,2008 issue
- Bannu Town - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 02
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)
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