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Varanasi (Hindi pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi], [a] [b] also Benares, Banaras Hindustani pronunciation: [bəˈnaːrəs] [c] [12] [13] [14] or Kashi [d] [15]) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
Varanasi, also called Banaras, is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Pakistan; Films and television. Banaras, an Indian Hindi-language film; Banaras ...
Raja Chait Singh of Benares State The Maharaja's Fort and palace in Ramnagar Maharaja of Benares with his courtiers in the 1870s. Banaras State, earlier Benares Estate, [1] was an estate, or hereditary jagir, comprising the family domains of the Maharaja of Benares—under the Nawabs of Oudh, East India Company rule, and the British Raj—that from 1911 to 1948 was recognized as a princely state.
Banaras Pan (Betel Leaf) is an important traditional crop variety of Betel leaf (Piper betle) cultivated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is mainly cultivated in Varanasi , Jaunpur , Chandauli , Ballia , Ghazipur , Azamgarh , Mirzapur , and Sonbhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh.
The Banaras Flyover is the largest flyover [1] in Karachi, Pakistan and made due to the deadliest riot in the history of Pakistan, the Qasba Aligarh massacre.Spanning nearly two kilometers in length and 24 meters in width, [2] it is one of the city's most significant and longest infrastructural projects.
Varanasi division is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi city is the administrative headquarters of the division. The division consists of 4 districts , i.e. Varanasi , Chandauli , Ghazipur , and Jaunpur and is loosely equivalent to the Benares State .
The Varanasi Junction railway station has a modern Route Interlock System with an automated signaling system. Varanasi Junction railway station was ranked 14th among 75 busiest A1 category stations on the cleanliness scale. [3] At present, there are 11 platforms while 1 more platform is being constructed to take off the load. [4]
He was also granted 15 gun salute .He donated 1300 acres of land to establish famous Banaras Hindu University.He donated land at Kamacha, Varanasi to Dr Annie Basent for establishment of Hindu College which she donated for establishment of BHU. He was a great scholar and well versed in Sanskrit, Persian and English.