Banaras Hindu University is one of the largest universities in the world and a prime attraction in Varanasi. It was founded by Pandit Mohan Malviya in 1916 and is internationally reputed.

Banaras Hindu University (BHU), formerly known as Central Hindu College, is a public university, which was established in 1916 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It is the largest residential university in ...

Banaras Hindu University will have a campus in Maharashtra by 2014.Maharashtra government had announced to provide 200 acres of land to the university to set up its campus in Amravati district.