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Maharaja Prabhu Narayan Singh

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Maharaja Bahadur of Benares from 1889–1931

Maharaja Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh GCSI GCIE
Kashi Naresh

Maharaja Bahadur of Kashi
Predecessor	Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh
Successor	Aditya Narayan Singh

Born	(1855-11-26)26 November 1855
Died	4 August 1931(1931-08-04) (aged 75)
Issue	Aditya Narayan Singh
Dynasty	Narayan dynasty
Religion	Hinduism
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H.H Maharaja Sir Prabhu Narayan SinghGCSI GCIE (26 November 1855 – 4 August 1931) was ruler of theBenares State (Royal House of Benares), anIndian princely state, from 1889 to 1931.Prabhu Narayan Singh would reign for 42 years as Maharaja; in 1891, he was knighted with theKCIE, later becoming an honorary colonel in the Indian Army.^[1]

In 1911, he became the first Maharaja of the newly created princely state of Benares, including the parganas ofBhadohi and Keramnagar, Chakia, and Ramnagar, together with certain limited rights within the City of Benares.^[2] He was appointedKnight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in 1892, Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) in 1898, andKnight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI) for his services in theFirst World War in the 1921 New Year Honours.^[3] He donated 1300 acres of land to establish famousBanaras Hindu University. He donated land at Kamacha, Varanasi to Dr. Annie Basent for the establishment of Hindu College which she donated for the establishment of BHU.^[4] He was a great scholar and well versed in Sanskrit, Persian, and English. Established Iswari Memorial Hospital for reducing mother-child mortality during childbirth.^[5] He died in 1931, aged 75, and was succeeded by his only son, Sir Aditya Narayan Singh.^{[citation needed]}

Titles

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1855–1889:Maharaj Prabhu Narayan Singh
1889–1891:His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Prabhu Narayan SinghSahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh,Maharaja ofBenares
1891–1898: His Highness Maharajadhiraja SriSir Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares,KCIE
1898–1919: His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares,GCIE
1919–1921:Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares, GCIE
1921–1931: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares,GCSI, GCIE

Honours

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British India:
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) – 1898 (KCIE – 1891)
- Delhi Durbar Gold Medal – 1903
- Delhi Durbar Medal (1911) – 1911
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI) – 1921
Belgium:
- Grand Cross of theOrder of Leopold II – 1926

Footnotes

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^Singh, Rana P. B. (2009).Banaras : making of India's heritage city. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars.ISBN 978-1-4438-1579-6.OCLC 595320747.
^Native States of India and Their Princes with Notices of Some Important Zeminduris. Christian Lit. Soc. 1894.
^"No. 32178".The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1921. p. 5.
^Bautze, Joachim (1998).Interaction of Cultures. Art Services International.
^Jha, Ganganath (1976).Journal of the Ganganatha Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha. Ganganatha Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha.