Bannu
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The major industries of Bannu are cloth weaving, sugar mills[8] and the manufacturing of cotton fabrics, machinery and equipment.[9] It is famous for its weekly Jumma fair. The district forms a basin drained by the Kurram and Gambila (or Tochi) rivers.[10]
Etymology
According to the philologist Michael Witzel, the city was originally known in Avestan as Varəna, from which its modern name derives. The ancient Sanskrit grammarian, Pāṇini, recorded its name as Varṇu.[11]
During the 6th century BCE, the basin around Bannu was known as Sattagydia (Old Persian: 𐎰𐎫𐎦𐎢𐏁 Thataguš, country of the "hundred cows").
History
The history of Bannu goes back to prehistoric times, due to its strategic location along the Kurram and Tochi routes which lead into the Indus Valley.
The sacred texts of
In the 6th century BCE, the region around Bannu was known as
After being conquered by
After the decline of
After the decline of the
The
In the late 10th and early 11th century CE, the Ghaznavids conquered the area. Mahmud of Ghazni used the Bannu route for several of his raids deeper into Northern India.[16]
British rule
The city was renamed in 1848 by Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, a lieutenant in the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers Regiment of the East India Company's private army. He ordered the construction of the fort – named Dhulipgarh (Dalipgarh) in honour of the Maharajah of Lahore – at the same time.[17] At the time of its founding, the town was named Dhulipnagar (Dalipnagar). Its name was later changed to Edwardesabad in 1869. In 1903, it received its current name, Bannu.[18]
Bannu was used as the base of operations for all punitive expeditions undertaken by detachments of the British Indian Army to the Tochi Valley and the Waziristan frontier. A military road led from the town of Bannu toward Dera Ismail Khan.[19] This road was built by military engineers under the supervision of a Bannu engineer, Ram N. Mullick. Mullick graduated from Banaras Engineering College[20] and had served in Iraq and Lahore as an expert in heavy earth-moving equipment before the independence of Pakistan in 1947.
According to 1941 Census, Bannu was a
According to the Imperial British Gazetteer, Bannu was described by the following:
[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 moved there from Bazar Ahmad Khan, which had formed the commercial center of the Bannu valley prior to annexation. The Church Missionary Society supports a small church and a high school founded in 1865. The cantonment centers 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 1903–1904 averaged Rs. 46,000. In 1903–1904 the income was Rs. 47,000 chiefly derived from
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.[7]
1947 Bannu Jirga
On 21 June 1947 in Bannu, a
2022 Pashtun National Jirga
On 11–14 March 2022, the
Geography
Climate
Bannu has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh) with extremely hot summers and mild winters. The average annual temperature is 24.8 °C (76.6 °F), with the hottest month being June with an average high of 42.2 °C (108.0 °F) and the coolest month being January with an average low of 5.9 °C (42.6 °F). The average annual precipitation is 311.8 mm (12.28 in), with the majority falling in the monsoon season from July to September.
Climate data for Bannu | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
25.5 (77.9) |
32.5 (90.5) |
39.3 (102.7) |
41.5 (106.7) |
37.5 (99.5) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.0 (95.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
34.8 (94.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
22.3 (72.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
4.5 (40.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
2.0 (35.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45 (1.8) |
50 (2.0) |
60 (2.4) |
20 (0.8) |
10 (0.4) |
10 (0.4) |
95 (3.7) |
85 (3.3) |
15 (0.6) |
5 (0.2) |
10 (0.4) |
30 (1.2) |
435 (17.2) |
Source 1: Climate-Data.org[25] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: World Weather Online[26] |
Demography
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1951 | 27,199 | — |
1961 | 31,623 | +1.52% |
1972 | 43,757 | +3.00% |
1981 | 43,210 | −0.14% |
1998 | 47,676 | +0.58% |
2017 | 49,965 | +0.25% |
Source: [27][28] |
Religion
Religious group |
1881[30][31][32] | 1901[33][34][35] | 1911[36][37] | 1921[38][39] | 1931[40] | 1941[29] | 2017[41] | |||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Hinduism [b] | 4,284 | 47.81% | 7,080 | 49.54% | 7,714 | 45.74% | 13,222 | 59.4% | 15,036 | 49.24% | 22,175 | 57.59% | 208 | 0.42% |
Islam | 4,110 | 45.87% | 5,730 | 40.1% | 6,340 | 37.59% | 6,376 | 28.64% | 10,607 | 34.73% | 10,696 | 27.78% | 48,434 | 96.97% |
Sikhism | 503 | 5.61% | 1,354 | 9.47% | 2,585 | 15.33% | 2,421 | 10.88% | 3,947 | 12.92% | 4,894 | 12.71% | — | — |
Jainism | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | — | — | — | — |
Christianity | — | — | 125 | 0.87% | 226 | 1.34% | 242 | 1.09% | 949 | 3.11% | 467 | 1.21% | 1,264 | 2.53% |
Zoroastrianism | — | — | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | — | — |
Judaism | — | — | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | — | — |
Buddhism | — | — | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | — | — | — | — |
Ahmadiyya | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 0.05% |
Others | 63 | 0.7% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 232 | 0.6% | 15 | 0.03% |
Total population | 8,960 | 100% | 14,291 | 100% | 16,865 | 100% | 22,261 | 100% | 30,539 | 100% | 38,504 | 100% | 49,948 | 100% |
Tribes
The following Pashtun and non-Pashtun tribes are settled in Bannu, with Banusi and Wazir being the major ones:
- Banusi
- Wazir
- Sayyed
- Awan
- Bangash
- Yousafzai (Mughal Khel)
- Khattak
- Marwat, and various other small tribes
Education
The first public sector university,
The following is a list of some of the public and private universities and colleges in Bannu:
- University of Science and Technology, Bannu
- Sarhad University Bannu Campus
- Kalam Bibi International Women Institute[47]
- Bannu Medical College
- Government College of Nursing Bannu[48]
- Akram Khan Durrani School and College
- Bannu Law College[49]
- Government College of Management Sciences, Bannu
- FG Degree College for Women, Bannu Cantt
- Bannu Degree College No.1
- Bannu Polytechnic Institute
- Army Public School and College, Bannu
- Government Degree College No.2
- Government Post-Graduate College Bannu
- University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Bannu Campus
Notable people
- Zahid Akram Durrani, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Peter Gracey (1921–2006), English cricketer
- Abdul Hamid (field hockey), Former Olympian and Ex Secretary General Pakistan Hockey Federation
- Abdul Rashid (field hockey, born 1947), Former Olympian
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Former President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Baitullah Mehsud, Founder and Prominent Leader of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan
- Maria Toorpakai, International Female Squash Player
- Qazi Mohib, Former Olympian and Ex Captain Pakistan Hockey Team
- Akram Khan Durrani, Former Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Dr. Qibla Ayaz, Chairman, Pakistan Council of Islamic Ideology
- Harbans Kapoor, Former Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
- Shah Muhammad Wazir, Member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
- Subhan Qureshi, Biologist, Founder and Chief Patron of Dairy Science Park
- Ayesha Gulalai Wazir, Former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Dost Muhammad Khan, Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Zakir Khan, cricketer
- Nasir Iqbal, International Squash Player
- Khushdil Shah, International Cricket Player
- Sadia Gul, International Female Squash Player
- Zartaj Gul Wazir, Former Minister of Climate Change of Pakistan
- Ghazi Sial, Renowned Poet and Pashto Folk Songs Writer
- Jaman Lal Sharma, Former Indian Field Hockey Player
See also
- Bannu District
- Bannu Division
- List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population
- Mirzali Khan
- Ghoriwala
- Waziristan
- Bannu Resolution
- Pashtun National Jirga
- Spin Tangi(Hathi Khel) Massacre
- Battle of Bannu
Notes
- ^ 1881-1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Bannu, which included Bannu Municipality and Bannu Cantonment.[29]: 19
- ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
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External links
- Ghazi Dilasa Khan of Bannu (born 1777 A.D.)
- Facebook page of District Administration Bannu District
- Facebook page of Divisional Administration Bannu Division
- Bannu :: History, Culture, LifeStyle, People, Food etc
- Facebook page of Bannu Development Authority
- Twitter account of District Administration Bannu District
- Facebook page of Tehsil Municipal Administration Bannu
- Facebook page of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Bannu
- Facebook page of PESCO Bannu Cicle
- Facebook page of University of Science and Technology, Bannu
- Facebook page of Bannu Medical College
- Facebook page of MTI Bannu
- Facebook page of Khalifa Gul Nawaz Teaching Hospital
- Facebook page of Akram Khan Durrani School and College
- Facebook page of Government Degree College Ghoriwala, Bannu
- Facebook page of Cantonment Board Bannu
- Facebook page of Bannu Heritage Chronicles by AM
- Facebook page of Bannu Media
- Facebook page of National Press Club Bannu