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Varanasi · Alexandria

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Varanasi

Also known as

Banaras
Banaras
Banaras
Banaras
Banaras
Banarasi

Image illustrating Varanasi — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Varanasisee Wikimedia Commons

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in countryIndia1947 CE
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birthplace of · place of death ofBhagwan Das1869 CE
birthplace of · place of death ofBharatendu Harishchandra1850 CE

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