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'''Benares''' (now '''Varanasi'''), was the Holy City headquarters of the Hindus, gives its name to a district and division [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_160.gif Benares District] in the [[Benares Division of United Provinces]] of Indiaduring the British period. It is one of the most ancient cities in the world. On the left bank of the Ganges, it is an important site of pilgrimage had a cantonment with a British and is characterised by the burning ghats along the riverNative garrison.

Variants: Benares, /Banaras, /Kashi

The city '''Varanasi''', the Holy City of the Hindus, has an ancient history, being one of the oldest continuously populated sites in the world. On the left bank of the Ganges, it is an important site of Hindu pilgrimage and is characterised by the burning ghats along the river. After a period of Muslim rule, Benares Varanasi came under the patronage of the Marathas and subsequently was ceded to British control in 1775. ==Military==Benares had a cantonment with a British and Native garrison. ===Actions===*[[Battle of Benares]] in 1857, during the [[Indian Mutiny]].

==Transport==Military history====It was the first station on the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand RailwayMutiny at Benares]], after the latter's easternmost connection with in 1857 during the [[East Indian Railway]] at [[Moghal Sarai]], as well as a terminus for the [[Bengal and North-Western RailwayMutiny]].

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===Historical books online===*[http://wwwdsal.1911encyclopediauchicago.orgedu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_195.gif Benares City] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Uw8oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA335 "Mofussil Stations: No V - Benares"] page 335, ''Love to Know 1911The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany'', Vol 10, New Series, Jan-April 1833. Google Books.*[http://enbooks.google.wikipediacom.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA298 The cantonment at Benares], page 298 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books*[https://archive.org/wikistream/Varanasi "Varanasi"b21452404#page/362/mode/2up Benares] page 362 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org*[http://archive.org/stream/ahandbookbenare00parkgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''WikipediaA Hand-book of Benares''] by Rev Arthur Parker , London Missionary Society, 2nd and revised edition 1901 Archive.org**[http://archive.org/stream/ahandbookbenare00parkgoog#page/n72/mode/1up/search "Missionary Societies"], page 62**[http://archive.org/stream/ahandbookbenare00parkgoog#page/n84/mode/1up "St Mary’s Church"] page 74 {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}