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Benares State
A rulling state, later princely state (1911–1948)
State of Benares | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Capital | Ramnagar |
| Common languages | Bhojpuri, Hindi-Urdu, English |
| Religion | Hinduism (official), Islam, Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity |
| Raja | |
• 1740 – 1770 (first) | Maharaja Balwant Singh |
• 1939 – 1947 (last) | Col.H.H.Maharaja Vibhuti Narayan Singh |
| History | |
• Established | 1737 |
• Accession to the Union of India | 1948 |
• Total | 20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi) |
| Today part of | Uttar Pradesh,India |
Banaras State[1] was an independent state and later princely state comprising the family domains of the Maharaja of Benares—under the East India Company rule, and the British Raj—that from 1911 to 1948 was recognized as a princely state.[2]
The state was founded by the Gautam BhumiharRaja, Balwant Singh, who assumed the title of "Raja of Benares" in mid 18th century, taking advantage of the Mughal Empire's disintegration.[3][4] His descendants ruled the area around Benares after liberation from Awadh and later as feudatories of East India Company. In 1910, Benares became a full-fledged state o
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________________ 796 Presidential Address words of Sir Martin once more, “it has been my habit in life, when I was asked to do anything, to try to do it, and fulfil as far as I can the demand made upon me." I cannot begin my address without a word of sorrow for the death of Viscount Haldane, who whatever else he was or was not, was certainly first and foremost a philosopher of powerful intellect, who besides endeavouring to investigate and map out a pathway to Reality perceived the potentialities of Einsten's theory of Relativity and applied it to various problems of Philosophy with a breadth of vision all his own. Only recently his eagle eyes had turned towards the East, and he had begun to feel . “ Like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken," But alas, before he could survey the new world in detail, he passed away, to the deepest grief of all those who feel interested in the future of Indian Philosophy. May his soul rest in peace! Ordinarily, a President would be expected to review generally, without entering into minute details, the activities of the year in his subj