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"'''Benares''', was the Holy City headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_160.gif Benares District] in the Hindus, which gives its name to Benares Division of United Provinces during the British period. It had a district cantonment with a British and division in the Native garrison. [[United ProvincesImage:Benares.jpg|thumb|Map of Benares]] of India. It is one of the most ancient cities in the world."
It was == Spelling Variants ==Modern name: Varanasi<br>Variants: Benares/Banaras/Kashi == History =='''Varanasi''', the first station on Holy City of the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]Hindus, after has an ancient history being one of the oldest continuously populated sites in the latter's easternmost connection with world. On the left bank of the [[East Indian Railway]] at [[Moghal Sarai]]Ganges, as well as it is an important site of Hindu pilgrimage and is characterised by the burning ghats along the river. After a terminus for period of Muslim rule, Varanasi came under the patronage of the [[Bengal Marathas and North-Western Railway]]subsequently was ceded to British control in 1775.
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Benares "Benares"] ''Love to Know 1911''.====Missions====*Church Missionary Society (arrived 1817) - at Sigra*London Missionary Society (arrived 1820)*Wesleyan Missionary Society (arrived 1878)*Baptist Mission (arrived 1816, left 1890)*Zenana Bible and Medical Mission (formerly the Indian Female Normal School and Instruction Society, arrived 1868)
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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]|image=Benares Ghats.jpg|coordinates= 25° 16′ 55[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.2″ N282009, 82° 57′ 2282.956336&z=12&t=h&hl=en 25.68″ E282009°N 82.956336°E]
|altitude= 80.71 m (265 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VaranasiVaranasi]
|stateprovince= Uttar Pradesh
|country= India
|transport= [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]<br>[[Bengal and North-Western Railway]]
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{{Places of Interest|title=Benares|name=Benares |link=xxxxx}}
====Military history====
[[Mutiny at Benares]] in 1857 during the [[Indian Mutiny]].
== External links Churches and missions==[[Image:Picture 381.jpg|right|thumb|140px| ''St Mary's Anglican Church, Varanasi'']]*St Mary's Church (Anglican)*St Mary's RC Cathedral*St Paul's Church*Wesleyan Church*(London) Mission Church*Methodist Church
==Transport==It was the first station on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi "Varanasi"[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway] ], after the latter''Wikipedia''s easternmost connection with the [[East Indian Railway]] at [[Moghal Sarai]], as well as a terminus for the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]].
== External links ==
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/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, ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany'', Vol 10, New Series, Jan-April 1833. Google Books.
*[http://books.google.com.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/stream/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 ''A 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
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