ESSAY ON IF LUCKNOW WAS A HILL STATION . WHAT KIND OF LIFESTYLE WILL IT BE THEN ?
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Clockwise from top: Bada Imambara, Charbagh Railway Station, Rumi Darwaza, Hazratganj, La Martinique School, Ambedkar Memorial Park
Clockwise from top: Bada Imambara, Charbagh Railway Station, Rumi Darwaza, Hazratganj, La Martinique School, Ambedkar Memorial Park
Nickname(s): The City of Nawabs, The Golden City of India, Constantinople of the East, Shiraz-e-Hind
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Location of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh
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Coordinates: 26°51′N 80°57′ECoordinates: 26°51′N 80°57′E
Country India
State Uttar Pradesh
Division Lucknow
District Lucknow
Government
• Type Municipal Corporation
• Body Lucknow Municipal Corporation
• Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia (BJP)
• Commissioner, Lucknow Division Mukesh Meshram, IAS
• District Magistrate and Collector Abhishek Prakash, IAS
• Commissioner of Police Sujit Pandey, IPS[1]
Area[2]
• Metropolis 349 km2 (135 sq mi)
Elevation 123 m (404 ft)
Population (2011)[3][4]
• Metropolis 2,817,105
• Rank 11th
• Density 8,100/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
• Metro[5] 2,902,920
• Metro Rank 12th
Demonym(s) Lakhnawi, Lucknowite
Language
• Official Hindi[6]
• Additional official Urdu[6]
• Regional Awadhi[7]
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
2260xx /2270xx
Telephone code +91-522
Vehicle registration UP-32
Sex ratio 915 ♀/1000 ♂
HDI 0.665 [8]
Website Official website
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Lucknow (/ˈlʌknaʊ/ (About this soundlisten), Hindi: [ˈləkʰnəuː] Lakhna'ū) is the capital city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,[9][10][11][12] and is also the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division. It is the fourteenth-most populous city and the twelfth-most populous urban agglomeration of India. Lucknow has always been a multicultural city that flourished as a North Indian cultural and artistic hub, and the seat of power of Nawabs in the 18th and 19th centuries.[13] It continues to be an important centre of governance, administration, education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, culture, tourism, music and poetry.[14]
The city stands at an elevation of approximately 123 metres (404 ft) above sea level. Lucknow district covers an area of 2,528 square kilometres (976 sq mi).[15][16] Bounded on the east by Barabanki, on the west by Unnao, on the south by Raebareli and in the north by Sitapur and Hardoi, Lucknow sits on the northwestern shore of the Gomti River.
Historically, Lucknow was the capital of the Awadh region, controlled by the Delhi Sultanate and later the Mughal Empire. It was transferred to the Nawabs of Awadh. In 1856, the British East India Company abolished local rule and took complete control of the city along with the rest of Awadh and, in 1857, transferred it to the British Raj.[17] Along with the rest of India, Lucknow became independent from Britain on 15 August 1947. It has been listed as the 17th-fastest growing city in India and 74th in the world.[18]
Lucknow, along with Agra and Varanasi, is in the Uttar Pradesh Heritage Arc, a chain of survey triangulations created by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to boost tourism in the state.
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