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The Massacre of Benares is the name given to the minor and unsuccessful insurrection of Wazir Ali Khan, deposed Nawab of Awadh, at Benares in northern India in 1799, in which five British East India Company officials and civilians were murdered. Wazir Ali's uprising resulted in his imprisonment for the remainder of his life.[1]

  1. ^ Davis, Samuel; Aris, Michael (1982). Views of Medieval Bhutan - The Diary And Drawings Of Samuel Davis 1783. London, Washington DC: Sirinda Publications, Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 34.

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