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{{ | {{Short description|Indian scholar, Maharaja Bahadur of Benares from 1939–1948}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} | {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} | ||
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'''Vibhuti Narayan Singh''' (5 November 1927 – 25 December 2000) was the king of [[Benares State|Benares]], a city considered holy, located in the | '''Vibhuti Narayan Singh''' (5 November 1927 – 25 December 2000) was the king of [[Benares State|Benares]], a city considered holy, located in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He was the last [[Bhumihar Brahmin]] king of the [[Benares State|Kingdom of Kashi]]. | ||
{{Infobox royalty | |||
| name = Vibhuti Narayan Singh | |||
| title = '''Maharaja Bahadur of Kashi''' | |||
| image = Vibhuti Narayan Singh.jpg | |||
| caption = | |||
| succession = [[Benares State|Maharaja Bahadur of Kashi]] | |||
| reign = 5 April 1939 – 15 August 1947 | |||
| predecessor = [[Maharaja Aditya Narayan Singh|Aditya Narayan Singh]] | |||
| successor = Office abolished | |||
| birth_date = {{birth-date|5 November 1927}} | |||
| birth_place = [[Ramnagar, Varanasi]], [[Benares State]], [[British Raj]] | |||
| death_date = {{death-date and age|25 December 2000|5 November 1927}} | |||
| death_place = [[Ramnagar, Varanasi, Utter Pradesh]], India | |||
| issue = 4 | |||
| house = [[Narayan dynasty]] | |||
| house-type = Dynasty | |||
| father = [[Maharaja Aditya Narayan Singh|Aditya Narayan Singh]] (adoptive) | |||
| succession1 = Titular Maharaja of Kashi | |||
| reign1 = 15 August 1947 - 25 December 2000 | |||
| predecessor1 = Office established | |||
| suc-type1 = | |||
| successor1 = [[Anant Narayan Singh]] | |||
}} | |||
==Childhood== | ==Childhood== | ||
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In 1947, under his leadership, the Shree Kashi Naresh Education Trust laid the foundation of the Kashi Naresh Government Post Graduate College (KNPG), in the Gyanpur of Bhadohi district (U.P).<ref>[http://knpgcollege.page.tl/Home.htm KNPG College home page]</ref> | In 1947, under his leadership, the Shree Kashi Naresh Education Trust laid the foundation of the Kashi Naresh Government Post Graduate College (KNPG), in the Gyanpur of Bhadohi district (U.P).<ref>[http://knpgcollege.page.tl/Home.htm KNPG College home page]</ref> | ||
An intermediate college is named after him in Gyanpur and another in Surajpur at Mau district in Uttar Pradesh. | |||
==Death== | |||
Singh died on 25 December 2000. His body was cremated with [[State funeral|state honors]] at [[Manikarnika Ghat]] in Varanasi.<ref>{{cite news|title=Varanasi bids adieu to Kashi Naresh|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Varanasi-bids-adieu-to-Kashi-Naresh/articleshow/1624173205.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=7 May 2017|date=27 December 2000}}</ref> | Singh died on 25 December 2000. His body was cremated with [[State funeral|state honors]] at [[Manikarnika Ghat]] in Varanasi.<ref>{{cite news|title=Varanasi bids adieu to Kashi Naresh|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Varanasi-bids-adieu-to-Kashi-Naresh/articleshow/1624173205.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=7 May 2017|date=27 December 2000}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{succession box | before=Maharaja [[Aditya Narayan Singh]] | title=Rulers of [[Benares State]] | years=1939 – 1948 | after=[[Instrument of Accession|Acceded to India]]}} | {{succession box | before=Maharaja [[Aditya Narayan Singh]] | title=Rulers of [[Benares State]] | years=1939 – 1948 | after=[[Instrument of Accession|Acceded to India]]}} | ||
{{s-end}} | {{s-end}} | ||
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[[Category:2000 deaths]] | [[Category:2000 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Sanskrit scholars]] | [[Category:Indian Sanskrit scholars]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Maharajas of Benares]] | ||
[[Category:Narayan dynasty]] | [[Category:Narayan dynasty]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian royalty]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian royalty]] | ||
[[Category:People from Varanasi]] | [[Category:People from Varanasi]] | ||
[[Category:Scholars from Varanasi]] | [[Category:Scholars from Varanasi]] | ||