Benares State
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benares-state-171-475813
title:
Benares State
text:
Banaras State, initially known as Banaras kingdom or Kashi Kingdom, was a kingdom and later princely state under the Narayan Dynasty in what is today Uttar Pradesh, India. The state was founded by the Gautam Bhumihar Brahmin zamindar, Balwant Singh, who assumed the title of "Raja of Benares" in mid 18th century, taking advantage of the Mughal Empire's disintegration. His descendants ruled the area around Benares after liberation from Awadh and later as feudatories of East India Company. In 1910,
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description:
Indian kingdom and later princely state (1740–1948)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benares_State
date created:
2006-08-16T11:10:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T04:36:21Z
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