Benares Division

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Benares Division was an administrative division centered around the historic city of Benares (Varanasi) in British India’s North-Western Provinces.

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Benares Division canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
division of British India
adminCenter Varanasi
surface form: Benares

Varanasi
associatedWith Benares princely state
borderedBy other divisions of the North-Western Provinces
capital Varanasi
surface form: Benares

Varanasi
category Divisions of British India
Former administrative divisions of India
colonialPower United Kingdom
containedCity Varanasi
surface form: Benares

Varanasi
country British India
currency Indian rupee
surface form: Indian rupee (British India)
governmentType colonial administrative division
hasHistoricalSignificance yes
historicalRegion eastern Uttar Pradesh
includedIn administrative geography of British India
languageOfAdministration English
Urdu
legalSystem British Indian law
locatedIn India
North-Western Provinces
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
present-day Uttar Pradesh
namedAfter Varanasi
surface form: Benares

Varanasi
partOf Bengal Presidency
North-Western Provinces
religionMajority Hinduism
religionMinority Islam
status defunct administrative unit
successor divisions of United Provinces
divisions of Uttar Pradesh
timePeriod British colonial period
underAuthorityOf Government of British India
Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces

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North-Western Provinces contains Benares Division
Allahabad Division borderedBy Benares Division