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- Ravi Shankar ("Robi Shôngkor", (born April 7, 1920, in Benares, United Provinces, British India) is an Indian composer best known for his v...
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- Sharda Sahai was born in Benares in 1935, a direct descendant of Pandit Ram Sahai, the founder of the Benares style ("gharana") of tabla playing....
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- Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (born January 13, 1938) is an Indian classical musician, working in the Hindustani classical music tradition. He is a...
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- James Prinsep (20 August 1799 - 22 April 1840) was an Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary. In 1819 he was given an appointment in the Calcutta mint,...
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- The Rajah of Sarawak, Sir James Brooke was a British statesman. His father, Thomas Brooke was English and his mother, Anna Maria was born in...
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- Raidas or Ravidas (c.1398-c.1448), is considered one of the early north Indian poet-Sants. He was initiated by Ramananda and was the guru of...
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- Dr. Vibhuti Narayan Singh was the popular King of Benares, a holy city in Hinduism located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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- Siddheshwari Devi was a famous Hindustani singer from Benares, lovingly known as "Maa" (mother). Born in 1907, she lost her parents early and was...
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- Bhagabhadra was one of the kings of the Indian Sunga dynasty. He ruled in north, central, and eastern India around 110 BCE. Although the capital of...
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- Vagish Shastri (also known as B P T Vagish Shastri) is an international Sanskrit grammarian, eminent linguist and yogi. He was born at a village of...
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