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Benares became a princely state in 1911, [65] with Ramnagar as its capital, but with no jurisdiction over the city proper. The religious head, Kashi Naresh, has had his headquarters at the Ramnagar Fort since the 18th century, also a repository of the history of the kings of Varanasi, which is situated to the east of Varanasi, across the Ganges ...
City State / UT Area (km 2) Area governed by Ref ; 1 Delhi: Delhi: 1484 km 2: Municipal Corporation of Delhi [1] 2 Mumbai: Maharashtra: 869 km 2: Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) 3 Vishakapatnam: Andhra Pradesh: 681.96 km 2: Greater Vishakapatnam Municipal Corporation [2] 4 Hyderabad: Telangana: 650 km 2: Greater Hyderabad ...
Kashgar (Uyghur: قەشقەر) or Kashi (Chinese: 喀什) is a city in the Tarim Basin region of southern Xinjiang, China. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, located near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan .
Varanasi, also known as Kashi, is considered as the religious capital of Hinduism.In the Hindu faith, it is the holiest of all of its cities; the four dhams (abode of gods) in the four cardinal directions of the country – Badrinath in the north, Puri in the east, Dwarka in the west and Rameshwaram in the south – are all represented in the city in "archetypal forms" as the presiding deities ...
This is a list of places in India which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world). A
Varanasi district is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with the holy city of Varanasi as the district headquarters. It is also the headquarters of the Varanasi division which contains 4 districts (including Varanasi). It is surrounded by Mirzapur district, Jaunpur district, Ghazipur district, Chandauli district, and Bhadohi district.
Varanasi Junction railway station (station code: BSB), also known as Varanasi Cantt railway station, is the main railway station serving the city of Varanasi. The other key railway stations in Varanasi Metro area are Banaras , Varanasi City , Kashi and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction .
Mango City; Nellore: Shrimp Capital of India; City of Paddy ( Nelli in Tamil is Grain of Paddy) Rajamahendravaram: Cultural Capital of Andhra Pradesh [3] Tenali: Andhra Paris [4] Vijayawada: The Land of Victory [5] Visakhapatnam: City of Destiny [6] The Jewel of the East Coast; Port City [7]