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[[File:Maharaja Sir Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh.jpg|thumb|Maharaja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh]]<br />
[[File:Majaraja of Benares and Suite, 1870s.jpg|thumb|Maharaja ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh|left]]<br />
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[[His Highness]] [[Maharaja]] [[Rao Bahadur|Bahadur]] [[Sri]] [[Sir]] '''Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh''', [[GCSI]] (1822-13 June 1889) was the [[Narayan dynasty|Maharaja of Benares]] ascending the throne at the age of 13. During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] he remained neutral to revolt for the sake of welfare of his people as he has not forgotten the bitter taste of treachery of his countrymen in battle against Hastings. As a reward, he was promoted to the rank of ''Maharaja Bahadur'' in 1859.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bayly|first=C. A. |title=Rulers, townsmen, and bazaars: north Indian society in the age of British expansion, 1770-1870|date=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-31054-7 |location=Cambridge|oclc=20698220}}</ref> In 1867, he was granted a personal 13-gun salute; a decade later he was knighted with the GCSI, becoming Sir Ishwari. He eventually became a member of the Viceroy's Legislative Council (never attended Delhi Darbar) and in the crowning achievement of his reign, restored all the family lands that had been lost to them for over a century. Was a great poet-scholar and established Sanskrit Collage in Varanasi (now known as Sapoornaand Sanskrit University). He was the mentor of Babu '[[Bharatendu Harishchandra|Bhartendu' Harischandra]], father of modern Hindi. He was a saint King and his name is mentioned in Naveen-Bhaktamaal along with eminent saints of nineteenth century.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lethbridge|first=Roper |title=The golden book of India: a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated of the Indian empire|date=2005|publisher=Aakar Books|isbn=81-87879-54-8|location=Delhi|oclc=61285920}}</ref> He was a disciple of Dev Swami and Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahashy. He was very popular amongst his people who used to keep his small earthen busts in their homes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mukhopadhya|first=N|title=Bharat Dharpan|year=1874|location=Benares|pages=72-73}}</ref> He was a great patron of Art, Music and Literature. He was also the cheif patron of gulabi minakari work and company school miniature painting style [benares school] which after his death saw a steep decline. Started the first Hindi Theater and founded the Beneras School of Art thus is called 'The Second Jahangir'. He was Given the title of His Highness in 1889, HH Maharaja Sir Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh died several months later, aged 67 and was succeeded by his adopted son, [[Prabhu Narayan Singh|Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur.]]<br />
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