benares kingdom

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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

• Benares Kingdom
• Benares Kingdom (Princely State)

Establishment

• January 1741: As the Mughal suzerainty weakened, the Benares zamindari estate became Banaras State, thus Balwant Singh of the Narayan dynasty regained control of the territories and declared himself Maharaja of Benares in 1740.

Chronology

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1. Partition of India

Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

• January 1948: In 1947, the Benares Kingdom was annexed to India. The kingdom was ruled by Maharaja Prabhu Narayan Singh. The annexation was part of the integration of princely states into the newly independent Union of India.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

• January 1776: The region eventually ceded by the Nawab of Oudh to the Company Rule in India in 1775, who recognized Benares as a family dominion.

Disestablishment

• January 1948: In 1947, the Benares Kingdom was annexed to India. The kingdom was ruled by Maharaja Prabhu Narayan Singh. The annexation was part of the integration of princely states into the newly independent Union of India.