Central Hindu School at Banaras was established by –

Concept

For institutional-history questions, distinguish an institution's original founder from people associated with a later successor institution.

The founding date and the institution's continuity are stronger evidence than a person's broader association with the same city or university.

Application

Banaras Hindu University's Central Hindu Boys School records that Dr Annie Besant established the school on 7 July 1898 in a rented house at Karnaghanta, Varanasi. It later moved to Kamachha and was handed to the Banaras Hindu University Society in 1914.

Contrast

• Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission, a separate religious and service organization.

• Annie Besant founded the Central Hindu institution at Banaras in 1898.

• Madan Mohan Malaviya led the movement that created Banaras Hindu University in 1916, the later university connected with the school.

• Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj, a different reform organization.

Cross-check

BHU's 2022–23 annual report independently states that Annie Besant established the Central Hindu Boys School on 7 July 1898, so the university record agrees with the school's history.

Result

Therefore, the Central Hindu School at Banaras was established by Annie Besant.