- of Faizabad, the East
India Company acquired Benares city in 1775. The city
became a part of the
Benares Division of
British India's
Ceded and Conquered...
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Banaras State,
earlier Benares Estate, was an estate, or
hereditary jagir,
comprising the
family domains of the
Maharaja of
Benares under the
Nawabs of Oudh...
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Benares gharānā (Hindi: बनारस घराना) is one of the six most
common styles of
playing of the
Indian tabla. The
Benares tabla gharana was
developed a little...
- City of
Benares was
built by
Barclay Curle in Glasgow, Scotland. She was
launched on 5
August 1936, and
completed in
October 1936.
Benares, as she was...
- Awadh,
Benares emerged as a
kingdom of its own,
ruled by
Maharaja Balwant Singh in the 18th century.
Since then, the
family has
ruled Benares. They belonged...
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Benares Shoals, or
Benares Shoal, is a
submerged coral reef, an
isolated patch located at 5°15′S 071°40′E / 5.250°S 71.667°E / -5.250; 71.667, just...
- the company. On
being dethroned the
company in 1839, he was
exiled to
Benares State and
granted an
allowance for his maintenance.
Rango Bapuji Gupte...
-
organizing it into
Benares Division,
comprising four districts:
Benares, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, and Mirzapur. The rajas,
later maharajas, of
Benares retained certain...
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Banaras Hindu University (pronunciation) (BHU),
formerly Benares Hindu University, is a collegiate, central, and
research university located in Varanasi...
- Bahadur, also
known as
Maharaja Balwant Singh (1711–1770), was the
ruler of
Benares State in
northern India.
Balwant Singh came from the
Dynasty of Gautam...
