Best ever travel documentary of Bannu with amazing history, story, unbelievable facts and interesting visiting places, food points, markets, hospitals, parks, tourist attractions, historical sites in Bannu district are presented by Urdu Island exclusively in Urdu/Hindi. Series: Famous Cities of Pakistan Episode: 12 City: Travel To Bannu in Urdu/Hindi | Amazing History and Documentary of Bannu District | بنوں کی کہانی بنوں کی سیر All credit goes to the video creators. Bannu is a geographical and politically important district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province with very strategical location between district Karak, Laki Marwat, Waziristan and Hasan Khail. It is located about 140 km away from Dera Ismail Khan and 120 KM from Kohat division. There is no direct highway or road for Afghanistan but you can go to Afghanistan via Kurram pass or Gomal road. Bannu district is surrounded by dry and hard mountains of Koh-E-Sulaiman and Koh-E-Sufaid almost 192 KM far from Peshawar. Due to river Kurram and Tochi, Banu district is very fertile region full of gardens, landscapes, crops and vegetables. District is famous for it's unique Dates (Khajoorein), Honey, Bannu Masala, Bannu Naswar, Bannu Pullao and Painda. Most of the people of Bannu are connected to the agriculture or livestock professions. Almost whole population of Bannu consists of Bannuchi, Wazir and Darawar Pashtun Tribes so major language here is Pashto, Urdu and English comes 2nd and 3rd respectively. Total area of Bannu is 1183 square kilometer while population of district as per 2017 census is more than 1.1 million. Administratively, Bannu division is divided into 2 districts: District Bannu and District Laki Marwat. District Bannu is further divided into 4 tehsils; Tehsil Bannu, Tehsil Domel, Tehsil Miryan and Tehsil Baka Khail. There are around 4 provincial assembly seats and 1 seat for National Assembly of Pakistan. If we talk about the name "Bannu" some people say; Shah Fareed Shaitak had 3 wives, 1 of them was Bano resulted in the name of this regions as Bannu. Bannu was discovered by Lieutenant Benjamin Edwards in 1848 and in 1869 region was named as Edwardsabad and later on 1903 this was named as Bannu. In british era, Bannu was the most important region of British army. British built a wall surrounding the whole city in which there were built many gates like Laki Gate, Kasban Gate, Mandan Gate, Sokari Gate, Hinjal Gate, Maryan Gate and Railway road gate. A fort was also built at the name of Maharaja Dhulip Singh of Lahore. A road was constructed from bannu to DI Khan in around 1923. Many Hindu traders from Bazar Ahmad Khan started business in Bannu. There are very famous markets and business centers in Bannu like Chowk Bazar, Tanchi Bazar with a big tank built in british era having capacity of 1 Lakh gallons of water, Chaye Bazar, Railway Bazar, Jaman Road Bazar, Tehsil Bazar, Mir Saudad Market Bannu, Gardanali Gali Bannu, Tel mandi, Sabzi mandi, Gurh Mandi, Ghala Mandi and Maal Mandi. Chowk bazar is the most famous place of Bannu. Famous restaurants and hotels of Bannu are Bagh-E-Sakoon Restaurant Bannu, Aamer Hotel, Circuit House, Shelton Guest House Bannu, Kurram Inn, Sukoon Guest House and New Kohati Hotel. Famous tourist and historical places of Bannu are Bannu Pheasantry famous for wild life, Qazi Fazal Qadir Shaheed Park, Bannu Museum, Baran Dam, Dulip Singh Fort, Akra riuns, Old bazar, Riaz Park, Durrani or Milad Park, Mandan Park, Bannu Public Ground, Garrison Park, Ladies Park and Old Tanchi Bazar. Bannu Qazi Mohib Hockey Statium and Bannu Sports complex are the most famous sports ground of Bannu. Bannu library is also best place for reading of different books. Most famous educational institutes of Bannu are Bannu University of Science and Technology, Bannu Medical College, UET Peshawar Bannu Campus, Government Post Graduate Degree Colleges No 2 and No 1, Madina Institute of Science and Technology, Akram Khan Durrani College Bannu, Army Public School and College, Al Mumtaz Institute of Medical Sciences, FG College, Saad Polytechnic and Commerce college Bannu. DHQ hopsital, CMH Bannu, Pennel Hospital Bannu, Govt Women and Children Hospital, Civil Veternary Hospital Bannu, Khalifa Gul Nawaz Hopsital, Binor Cancer Hospital and Nazif Psychiatrist Hospital are the most famous hospitals in Bannu city. Famous people from Bannu are Akram Khan Durrani, Ex-President Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Air Commodore Sattar Alvi, Squash player Sadia Gul and Nasir Iqbal, Qazi Mohib hockey player, Subhan Qureshi, Ziad Akram Durrani, Fawad Khan, Essa Khan, Malik Riaz Khan, Justice Dost Muhammad, Professor Ibrahim, Police Officer Abid Ali, famous poet Maqbool Amir, Shah Muhammad Khan, Jumman Lal Sharma and Irfan Ullah Sha. Pashto Folk singer Rasul Badshah also belonged to Bannu. Bannu Woollen mills is the only textile industry of Pakistan making woolen products. The speciality of Bannu is it's Jirga system for dialoges between different enemy tribes.

• published: 29 Apr 2020
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