Eran was the capital of Airikina Pradesha, an administrative division of the Gupta Empire.

The name Bina-Etawa was unofficially used to remove any ambiguity between Itawah (located in Uttar Pradesh) and Etawa.

The fort is said to have been founded by a Mughal noble and was the Mahal (palace) in the Sarkar of Raisen of Malwa Subah.

The town of Khimlasa is enclosed within a fortified wall built of stone rubble.

A MEMU (mainline electric multiple unit) car shed for operating local and high-speed MEMU trains in Madhya Pradesh and neighbouring states was established in 2021 by the Bhopal railway division.

Work is ongoing on the remaining three ROBs, as well as a 36 km long ring road.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Bina Refinery with an investment of 50,000 crore rupees.

Many private colleges for Bachelor of Education degrees and ITIs are operated in the city for students.

A government ITI and a private nursing college in the city, and one private MBA college (GNIMR – Gomti Nandan Institute of Management and Research) offers courses in the city.

[citation needed] The main religious site is the Shri Katara Swami, a temple of Hanuman.

Nisai Ji, a Digambar Jain temple, is located near the Betwa river.

[clarification needed] Anekant Gyan Mandir, a Jain center, preserves some of the oldest manuscripts related to Jainism.

Some scenes of Raj Kapoor's Bollywood movie Teesri Kasam (1966) were filmed in and nearby the city, and the song "Sajan re jhooth mat bolo" sung by Mukesh was filmed near Khimlasa, 25 km from Bina.