Benares Division

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administrative division division of British India

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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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Benares Division canonical 2

Statements (38)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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