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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 [1] was an independent state and later princely state comprising the family domains of the Maharaja of Benares—under the East India Company rule, and the British Raj—that from 1911 to 1948 was recognized as a princely state.
Varanasi, also called Banaras, is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Banaras may also refer to: Places. Banaras State, former primcely state of India;
Varanasi is located at an elevation of 80.71 metres (264.8 ft) [77] in the centre of the Ganges valley of North India, in the Eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, along the left crescent-shaped bank of the Ganges, averaging between 15 metres (50 ft) and 21 metres (70 ft) above the river. [78] The city is the headquarters of Varanasi district
Banaras Railway Station (station code: BSBS), formerly known as Manduadih Railway Station, is located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. This station, recently renamed to resonate more closely with the city's heritage, has become a key transit point in the North Eastern Railway Zone .
Varanasi, also known as Benares, [1] Banaras (Banāras), or Kashi (Kāśī), is the holiest of the seven sacred cities in Hinduism and Jainism, and played an important role in the development of Buddhism. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
Banaras Hindu University's main campus is located on the southern edge of Varanasi, near the banks of the river Ganges. Development of the main campus, spread over 1,370 acres (5.5 km 2 ), [ 47 ] [ 48 ] started in 1916 on land donated by the then Kashi Naresh Prabhu Narayan Singh .
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
Forty-eight of the states are in the single region between Canada and Mexico. This group is referred to, with varying precision and formality, as the contiguous United States, and as the "Lower 48". Alaska, which is included in the term "continental United States", is located at the northwestern end of North America.