Banaras Hindu University
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Banaras Hindu University, formerly Benares Hindu University, is a collegiate, central, and research university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and founded in 1916. It is ranked amongst the
Madan Mohan Malviya at the university
Founder Mahamana inaugurate literacy day among students
Initial prospectus of the university
Scrollable image. Commemorative coins released on the centenary year of Banaras Hindu University
Annie Besant
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Annie Besant was an English socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and activist, educationist, involved in women's rights, Home Rule, and Indian nationalism. She gave support to both Irish
Banaras Hindu University
…of the country. The university incorporated the Central Hindu College, which had been founded by theosophist and future Indian Home Rule leader Annie Besant in 1898. By December 1911, Annie Besant and the Theosophists had relinquished day-to-day control of the Central Hindu College to Madan Mohan Malaviya…
Annie Besant as a young woman
St. Margaret's church in Sibsey, Lincolnshire, where Frank Besant was vicar from 1872 to 1917
Annie Besant's house, 39 Colby Road, Upper Norwood, now bearing a blue plaque
Studio portrait of Besant, c. 1910