Banaras Hindu University

Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is an internationally reputed institution of higher learning located in the holy city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Founded in 1916 by the prominent nationalist leader Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, the university was established through close collaboration with notable personalities like Dr. Annie Besant, who envisioned it as the 'University of India'. The university was created through parliamentary legislation, specifically the B.H.U. Act of 1915, marking it as a s...