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Varanasi (ind)

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Varanasi ranks 1,143rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sousse, Béziers, and Scotland. Memorable people born in Varanasi include Kabir, Rani of Jhansi, and Ravi Shankar. Memorable people who died in Varanasi include Tulsidas, Premchand, and Ravidas. Varanasi has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many philosophers, and writers. Varanasi is located in India.

Varanasi is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. The city has a syncretic tradition of Islamic artisanship that underpins its religious tourism. Located in the middle-Ganges valley in the southeastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi lies on the left bank of the river. It is 692 kilometres (430 mi) to the southeast of India's capital New Delhi and 320 kilometres (200 mi) to the southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It lies 121 kilometres (75 mi) downstream of Prayagraj, where the confluence with the Yamuna river is another major Hindu pilgrimage site. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 872 BC and 1995, Varanasi was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Kabir, Rani of Jhansi, and Ravi Shankar. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Varanasi including Tulsidas, Premchand, and Ravidas.

People Born in Varanasi

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People Deceased in Varanasi

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Varanasi were politicians (4), athletes (3), philosophers (2), singers (2), and musicians (1),  while most who died were philosophers (4), writers (3), politicians (2), and musicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Varanasi, including Mohammed Shahid, Lalit Upadhyay, and Shivpal Singh. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Varanasi, including Rani of Jhansi, Bhagwan Das, and BP Koirala.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Varanasi since 1700.