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| name = Prabhu Narayan Singh<br><small>[[Order of the Star of India|GCSI]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]]</small><br />
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'''Prabhu Narayan Singh''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCSI|GCIE}} (26 November 1855 – 4 August 1931) was ruler of the [[Benares State]] ([[Royal House of Benares]]), an [[India]]n [[princely state]], from 1889 to 1931.<br />
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Prabhu Narayan Singh would reign for 42 years as Maharaja; in 1891, he was knighted with the KCIE, later becoming an honorary colonel in the Indian Army. In 1911, he became the first Maharaja of the newly created princely state of Benares, including the parganas of [[Bhadohi]] and Keramnagar, Chakia, and Ramnagar, together with certain limited rights within the City of Benares. He was appointed [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (KCIE) in 1892, [[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (GCIE) in 1898, and [[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] (GCSI) for his services in the [[First World War]] in the 1921 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette<br />
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}}</ref> He donated 1300 acres of land to establish famous [[Banaras Hindu University]]. He donated land at Kamacha, Varanasi to Dr. Annie Basent for the establishment of Hindu College which she donated for the establishment of BHU. Donated charity for digging a well at drought-stricken village of Oxford, still known as Maharaja's well. He was a great scholar and well versed in Sanskrit, Persian, and English. Established Iswari Memorial Hospital for reducing mother-child mortality during childbirth. Continued the tradition of Saint Kings and got operated on without Anesthesia by going into Yog-Samadhi. Ascending to Baikunth(divine abode) in 1931, aged 75, Maharaja Sir Prabhu Narayan was succeeded by his only son, Sir Aditya Narayan Singh.<br />
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==Titles==<br />
*1855–1889: [[Maharaj]] Prabhu Narayan Singh<br />
*1889–1891: [[His Highness]] [[Maharajadhiraja]] [[Sri]] Prabhu Narayan Singh [[Sahib]] [[Rao Bahadur|Bahadur]], Kashi Naresh, [[Maharaja]] of [[Benares]]<br />
*1891–1898: His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri [[Sir]] Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares, [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] <br />
*1898–1919: His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares, [[GCIE]] <br />
*1919–1921: [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares, GCIE<br />
*1921–1931: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares, [[GCSI]], GCIE<br />
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==Honours==<br />
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (GCIE)-1898 (KCIE-1891)<br />
*Delhi Durbar Gold Medal-1903<br />
*Delhi Durbar Gold Medal-1911<br />
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] (GCSI)-1921<br />
*Grand Cross of the [[Order of Leopold II]] of [[Belgium]]-1926<br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*Obituary, ''[[The Times]]'', 5 August 1931<br />
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