Overview : Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh In Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Banaras Hindu University is a central, collegiate, research university that was established in 1916. In 1898, Annie Besant, an Indian Home Rule activist and theosophist, founded Central Hindu College, which was later incorporated by the university. With the backing of the maharajas of Darbhanga Rameshwar Singh and Benares Prabhu Narayan Singh, as well as the lawyer Sunder Lal, Madan Mohan Malaviya … Continue reading Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India