Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is a collegiate,central,and research university located in Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh,India,and founded in 1916. The university incorporated the Central Hindu College,founded by Indian Home Rule-leaguer and Theosophist,Annie Besant in 1898. After Besant and her associates were marginalised,the university was established by Madan Mohan Malaviya with the support of the maharaja of Darbhanga Rameshwar Singh,the maharaja of Benares Prabhu Narayan Singh,and the lawyer Sunder Lal. With over 30,000 students,and 18,000 residing on campus,BHU is the largest residential university in Asia. The university is one of the eight public institutions declared as an Institute of Eminence by the Government of India. It is also one of the 12 institutions from India in BRICS Universities League,a consortium of leading research universities from BRICS countries.
Purvanchal basically means the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.
The vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (VC-BHU) is the chief administrator,and a full-time salaried officer of the Banaras Hindu University. The vice-chancellor derives their powers from sections 7(B) and 7(C) of the Banaras Hindu University Act and from the statutes of the said act.
Kashiyatra,also known as KY,is the annual socio-cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi. It is a four-day long mega event held in January every year,and is one of the most prominent college festivals in India. Kashiyatra is one of the largest socio-culture festivals in Asia where 360+ colleges/universities take part.
Shatrughan Kumar Yadav,known professionally as Khesari Lal Yadav,is an Indian actor,singer,dancer and model who primarily works in Bhojpuri cinema. Also known by the Initialism KLY,Yadav has appeared in more than 70 films,and performed as vocalist in more than 5000 songs. Apart from Bhojpuri,he has also worked in Hindi,Awadhi and Haryanvi languages.
Rajeshwar Acharya is a Hindustani classical vocalist from Varanasi,India. In 2019,he was conferred the Padma Shri honour by the President of India for his contribution to the field of arts.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh from 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all 403 members for the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
Bharat Vikas Parishad (BVP) (translation:Indian Development Council) is a member of Sangh Parivar.
The Banaras Hindu University Kulgeet (BHU Kulgeet),i.e.,Madhur Manohar Ateev Sundar (transl. sweet serene,infinitely beautiful) is a poem written by Indian chemist Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar while serving as professor at BHU. It has been composed by another professor at BHU,Pt. Omkar Nath Thakur.
Brijeshwar Singh,is a writer,poet and theatre promoter based in Bareilly,Uttar Pradesh,India. His patronage and promotion of theatre through the Rang Vinayak Rang Mandal theatre repertoire and the annual theatre festival being organized in his own Windermere Theatre earned him the U.P. Sangeet Natak Academy award for 2020. His Daya Drishti Charitable Trust helps children born with thalassemia avail regular and lifesaving transfusions. His second book 'Next Patient,Please' was released on 26 March 2022. He was featured among top 75 personalities of Rohilkhand region of Uttar Pradesh by Amar Ujala. The list was published on the 75th foundation day of the newspaper.
Zia ur Rahman Barq is an Indian politician and Member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 10 March 2022 from Kundarki as Samajwadi Party candidate. He is the son of Mamluk Ur Rahman Barq and the grandson of Shafiqur Rahman Barq,who was the Member of Parliament (MP) from Sambhal.
Ajita Srivastava is an Indian singer,educationist and a social worker. Srivastava is known for popularizing and promoting the Kajari folk songs,a popular form of folk music from Mirzapur and the surrounding region. She was awarded Padma Shri in 2022 by the Government of India for her contributions in the field of arts.
Dr Daya Shankar Mishra known as Dayalu is an Indian politician from Ghazipur (Varanasi) and a Minister of State in Second Yogi Adityanath ministry. He hails from Varanasi. He had fought 2007 and 2012 elections from Varanasi South over Indian National Congress symbol.
Sri Ranveer Sanskrit Vidyalaya,informally Ranveer Sanskrit Vidyalaya or RSV is more than a century old Sanskrit school under the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh India.
Kamlakar Tripathi is an Indian physician and Former Professor in the Department of Medicine,BHU Institute of Medical Sciences. He has been the Head of Nephrology Department. He has served as the Chairman of the Department of General Medicine,BHU from 1998 to 2001 and the President of the Indian Hypertension Society from 2008 to 2009. He also held the responsibility of Dean in-charge of the BHU Institute.
Giridhar Malaviya is the chancellor of Banaras Hindu University and a retired judge of Allahabad High Court.
Ramyatna Shukla,also written Ram Yatna Shukla (1932−2022) was an Indian scholar and linguist of the Sanskrit Language from Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh and contributed to conserving ancient and Sanskrit texts. He was the President of Kashi Vidvat Parishad,a body of scholars and saints in India. He was also known as Abhinav Panini,named after Sanskrit philologist and grammarian Pāṇini. He contributed to inventing new methods of Sanskrit grammar and Vedanta teaching and modernization. He was the recipient of Padma Shri in 2021. He ran a program to connect the new generation with Sanskrit by providing free education.
Bari Path is a road in Patna,the capital of Bihar. It was named after Professor Abdul Bari in 1948 after his murder in Khusrupur,Patna. Bari House was situated in this road. Mahatma Gandhi came to Bari House on 29 March 1947,the day after Bari's death. It connects Gandhi Chowk to Gandhi Maidan,runs parallel to Ashok Rajpath. It connects with Ashok Rajpath in many points,such as in Ramna Road,Khazanchi Road.
Sanjay Srivastava is a professor of political science at the Banaras Hindu University. Currently,he is serving as the vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Central University.
