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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_195.gif Benares City] Imperial Gazetteer of India[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Benares "Benares"] ''Love to Know 1911''
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_195.gif Benares City] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 7'', page 189.
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'''Benares''' (now '''Varanasi'''), was the Holy City headquarters of the Hindus, gives its name to a district and division in the [[United Provinces]] of Indiahttp://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405. It is one of the most ancient cities in the world1. On the left bank of the Ganges, it is an important site of pilgrimage and is characterised by the burning ghats along the riverI34_V06_160. The city has an ancient history, being one of the oldest continuously populated sites gif Benares District] in the world. After a period of Muslim rule, Benares came under the patronage Division of United Provinces during the Marathas and subsequently ceded to British control in 1775period. Benares It had a cantonment with a British and Native garrison.
[[Image:Benares.jpg|thumb|Map of Benares]]
Variants: Benares/Banaras/Kashi
== History =='''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, Varanasi came under the patronage of the Marathas and subsequently was ceded to British control in 1775. ====Military history====
[[Mutiny at Benares]] in 1857 during the [[Indian Mutiny]].
== External links ==
===Historical books online===
*[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
*[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
