Bannu Division was an administrative division

Divisions of Pakistan

Divisions are the third tier of government in Pakistan, between the provinces and districts. They were abolished in 2000 by the government of former president Pervez Musharraf to make way for local governance via district governments...

 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government. The division was created in the 1990s when it was removed from Dera Ismail Khan Division

Dera Ismail Khan Division

Dera Ismail Khan Division was an administrative division of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government....

, at abolition it contained the districts

Districts of Pakistan

The Districts of Pakistan are the second order administrative divisions of Pakistan. Districts were the third order of administrative divisions, below provinces and "divisions", until the reforms of August 2000, when "divisions" were abolished...

 of Bannu

Bannu District

Bannu District is one of the twenty four districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, it is represented in the provincial assembly by four MPAs. The chief city of the district is Bannu. The major industries are cloth weaving and the manufacture of cotton fabrics, machinery, and...

 and Lakki Marwat

Lakki Marwat District

Lakki Marwat is one of the Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. It was created as an administrative district on July 1, 1992, prior to which it was a Tehsil of Bannu District.-Etymology:...

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History

Bannu Division was originally Bannu District of Dera Ismail Khan Division

Dera Ismail Khan Division

Dera Ismail Khan Division was an administrative division of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government....

, during British rule

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

, the Imperial Gazetteer of India describes the district of Bannu as follows: