Uttar Pradesh उत्तर प्रदेश, U.P.[ UP is a short form of
Utter Pradesh] is a state located in the northern part of India.
With over 180 million people, it is India's most populous state, as
well as the world's most populous subnational entity.
Uttar Pradesh covers a large part of the highly fertile and densely
populated upper Gangetic plain. It shares an international border
with Nepal and is bounded by the Indian states of Uttarakhand,
Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. The administrative and
legislative capital of Uttar Pradesh is Lucknow and the financial
and industrial capital is Kanpur. The state's high court is based at
Allahabad. It is home to many historical cities, including the
tourism capital of India, Agra.
Uttar Pradesh has an important place in the history of ancient
India; in those times it was sometimes divided between petty
kingdoms or formed important part of larger empires that arose on
its east or west, including the Mauryan, Gupta and Kushan empires.
The Indo-Gangetic plain, that spans most of the state, has been the
ancient seat of Hindu religion, learning and culture, the birth
place of the Indo-Islamic syncretic culture of medieval period, a
center of nationalism during the colonial period and has continued
to play a prominent role in Indian political and cultural movements.
The state has a rich heritage of traditional crafts and cottage
industries of various types that require highly skilled craftsmen
Main Cities of Uttar Pradesh.
Agra — the tourist
Capital of India, home to three World Heritage Site, including
the Taj Mahal
holy place where the rivers Ganga, Yamuna & Saraswati meet
— birth Place of Lord Shri Ram
historical city of Rohilkhand
— historical city of Northern Bundelkhand
— once known as the "Manchester of India", now famous for its
leather works and the IIT
— the capital of Uttar Pradesh, also home to one of the IIM
— birth Place of Lord Krishna
— the site of the Buddha Sakyamuni's first teaching after gaining
Varanasi — considered the
most sacred Hindu city, located on the banks of the Ganges,
one of the oldest continually inhabited cities of the world.