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    Varanasi (redirect from Bénarès)
    Varanasi (Vārāṇasī, Hindi: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi] ; also Benares, Banaras (Banāras [bəˈnaːrəs] ) or Kashi (Kāshi [ˈka:ʃi] )) is a city on the Ganges river in northern...
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    Narayan Dynasty in what is today Uttar Pradesh, India. On 15 October 1948, Benares' last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union. The state was founded...
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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...
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    The Grand Bénare is a volcanic peak on the island of Réunion, located in the western part of the island, overlooking the "Cirque de Mafate" and "Cirque...
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    Benares brass is the brassware from the city of Benares (also known as Varanasi, Varenisi or Kashi) in Uttar Pradesh, India. The city is located in an...
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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...
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  • SS City of Benares was a British steam turbine ocean liner, built for Ellerman Lines by Barclay, Curle & Co of Glasgow in 1936. During the Second World...
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  • 2020. Benares (2006), retrieved 2019-11-03 "Bénarès (2005)". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2019-11-03. "Benares Film". Website of marcelluskua!. 2012-12-13...
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    The Narayan dynasty was the ruling family of Benares. After seceding from Awadh, Benares emerged as a kingdom of its own, ruled by Maharaja Balwant Singh...
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  • The Benares Bank (1844) was a bank founded in the year 1844 in British India. The bank became defunct in the year 1850 with the winding down of its operations...
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    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...
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    The Massacre of Benares is the name given to the minor and unsuccessful insurrection of Wazir Ali Khan, deposed Nawab of Awadh, at Benares in northern India...
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    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...
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  • The SS City of Benares, a British steam passenger ship, sank on 17 September 1940. The ship was en route to Montreal, Canada, then to Quebec City, and...
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  • Chateau Benares is an album by Sanjay Mishra, released in 2006. In The Washington Post, Mike Joyce wrote, "Thanks in no small part to Blue Incantation...
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    The Music Ensemble of Benares is a musical ensemble from the north Indian city of Benares (Varanasi) that primarily plays Indian classical music. The...
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  • has been accredited by NAAC and recognized by UGC. In 1791, during the Benares State, a resident of the East India Company, Jonathan Duncan, proposed...
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    GCIE (26 November 1855 – 4 August 1931) was ruler of the Benares State (Royal House of Benares), an Indian princely state, from 1889 to 1931. Prabhu Narayan...
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    The Tower of Hanoi (also called The problem of Benares Temple or Tower of Brahma or Lucas' Tower and sometimes pluralized as Towers, or simply pyramid...
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    Vibhuti Narayan Singh (category Maharajas of Benares)
    Vibhuti Narayan Singh (5 November 1927 – 25 December 2000) was the king of Benares, a city considered holy, located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh....
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    1953; he also remained the director of the College of Indian Music. In Bénarès (now Varanasi), he lived in a mansion on the banks of the Ganges, named...
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    Varanasi, Chandauli, Ghazipur, and Jaunpur and is loosely equivalent to the Benares State. Varanasi Chandauli Ghazipur Jaunpur In the 18th Century the Mughal...
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  • and Patiala. Four famous kathak gharanas are: Lucknow, Atrauli-Jaipur, Benares and Raigarh. The gharana system in khyal was rooted in the guru–shishya...
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    Sadashiv. 1947 (second edition). Benares and Sarnath: Past and Present. Varanasi: Culture Publication House. Benares Hindu University. Gokhale, R. (ed...
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    regions are further divided into different suburbs. Baie-du-Cap Bel-Ombre Bénarès Batimarias Bois-Chéri Britannia Camp Diable Chamouny Chemin-Grenier Grand...
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    Act, formally the Banaras Hindu University Act of 1915 , formerly the Benares Hindu University Act is an act of Indian Parliament, passed on 1 October...
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  • (1889-01-30)30 January 1889 Benares, Benares State, British India Died 15 November 1937(1937-11-15) (aged 47) Benares, Benares State, British India Occupation...
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    title gaṇa-īśa or gaṇa-pati, "lord of the gaṇas". Varanasi: Varanasi (Benares) is considered to be the city specially loved by Shiva, and is one of the...
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    awarded in London in 2001 whilst at Tamarind. He opened his own restaurant Benares, which won him a second Michelin star in 2007. Since then he has opened...
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    of the Marathas. At the same time the British received the province of Benares from Awadh. Subsequently, no great change took place until the arrival...
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