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Benares

/ bɪˈnɑːrɪz /

noun

  1. the former name of Varanasi

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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She was 9 when she was supposed to sail to Canada as part of a plan to evacuate British children during World War II. She had an outbreak of hives and missed boarding the SS City of Benares, which was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat in 1940.

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Nearby, Aankit Malhotra took over Indian restaurant Benares with his brother in 2019.

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Now, Benares has about 10 lunch orders a day, down from 100.

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Previously lunch accounted for 95% of Benares’ business.

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Later, he worked at Benares and Hotel Lalit in London, among others.

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