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45 unusual facts about Uttar Pradesh


2010 in rail transport in India

January 2 - The first of three accidents in Uttar Pradesh on this day takes place near the town of Etawah, about 170 miles (270 kilometers) southwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, when the Lichchavi Express entering the station in heavy fog runs into the stationary Magadh Express train stopped there.

Aadhaar

The Census Operations territory for enrollment includes Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Assam, etc.

Abdul Rashid Khan

Organizations like Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academi, Lucknow and ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata have recorded and preserved more than 1500 compositions.

Aciravati

The Acirvati was an ancient river flowing through what is now Nepal and the northern portion of Uttar Pradesh.

Alha-Khand

The ballads from this work are still sung during the monsoons by the professional bardic singers (known as the Alhets) in various parts of northern India, mostly in Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh and northern Madhya Pradesh.

Baker Nagar Sundrasi

Baker Nagar Sundrasi or simply Sundrasi is a village near cb ganj in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Chambal

Chambal area is at the confluence of 3 states Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan.

Clara Swain

Although there had been indigenous resistance to Western medicine and religion in India, the mission had successfully procured an estate from the Nawab of Rampur, on which to expand medical facilities.

Devaria

Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, a town in Uttar Pradesh, India also called Devaria

Dhakra

The Dhakra are a Hindu caste found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India .

Dikhit

The Dikhit, also known as Kinwar, are a Hindu Rajput clan found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.

Diocese of Lucknow of the Church of North India

The jurisdiction of the diocese mainly covers the Eastern side of Uttar Pradesh.

Farhat Ehsas

His real name is Farhatullah Khan and was born at Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1952.

Fishing in India

Most fishery training is provided by the Central Institute for Fishery Education in Mumbai, which has ancillary institutions in Barrackpore, Agra (Uttar Pradesh), and Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh).

Gaharwal

The Gaharwal (also spelled Gahadwal, Gadhwal and Garhwal) is a Rajput clan, and it is mainly found in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, an industrial city, headquarters of the district

Hamirpur

Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, the administrative headquarters of Hamirpur District, Uttar Pradesh

Kalhans

The tribe claims descent from Sahaj Sah, who sometime in the 14th century took service with Malik Ainuddin, the Muslim governor of Awadh, and was given Gonda as an estate.

Kali Charan Nigam Institute of Technology

Kali Charan Nigam Institute of Technology (KCNIT) is situated in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Kalika Prasad Shukla

Kalika Prasad Shukla was born in the Mathia-Shukia village in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh.

Kulin Brahmins

Kulin Brahmins are those Brahmins in Bengal who can trace themselves to the five families of Kanauj (Kanyakubja), Uttar Pradesh who migrated to Bengal.They were given immense power during the reign of the Sena/Sen kings who were staunch Hindus and did not encourage the practice of any other religion.

Lakhimpur

Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh, a city and a municipal board in Lakhimpur Kheri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

Lalganj

Lalganj, Uttar Pradesh, a town in the Raebareli district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

Lonia

The association later changed its name to Shree Rajput Heetkarni Mahasabha and in 1984 it merged into the Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Mahasabha at Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Milan Talkies

It revolves around a small town cinema hall where a boy from Uttar Pradesh (Ayushmann Khurrana) not only works, but also moonlights as a film pirate by shooting illegal videos of the films that are being screened there.

Mustafa Raza Khan

Mustafa Raza Khan, commonly known among the Muslims of South Asia as Mufti e Azam e Hind, was born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1892.

Nandgaon

Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh, a village in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India

Nav Sadhana Kala Kendra

The college was founded in July 1996 by the catholic Bishops of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan, to promote Indian culture and music.

New Delhi Times

The film tells the story of an honest journalist Vikas Pande (Shashi Kapoor) from Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh who moves to Delhi to run a newspaper, and soon uncovers a political assassination, and in the process, falls prey to a corrupt system and the nexus between politicians and media barons.

Noorpur

Noorpur, Uttar Pradesh, a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, India

Panchacharyas

It is believed that the Panchacharyas arose out of five great Sthavaralingas located in Balehonnur in Karnataka, Ujjini in Karnataka, Kedar in Uttarakhand, Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh, and Kashi or Banaras in Uttar Pradesh under different names in different Yugas.

Parihar

Populations are found in Rajasthan, Saurashtra - Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.

Ramswaroop Verma

Ramswaroop Verma (1923–1998) was born August 22, 1923 in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Raza Jaunpuri

His actual name was Mohsin Raza and he was born in the city of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh

Reymond de Montmorency

Born in Gonda, in India, de Montmorency was the son of Major Reymond Hervey de Montmorency and Marion Ellen Coles.

Sarna clan

Today, Sarnas live in numerous regions within India, but are mostly concentrated in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh.

Siege of Ranthambore

Akbar had first besieged Ranthambore Fort in the year 1558, but decided instead to capture Gwalior, northern Rajputana and Jaunpur.

Sirsa

Sirsa, Uttar Pradesh, a town and nagar panchayat in Uttar Pradesh, India

Sunil Kumar Verma

Dr. Sunil Kumar Verma was born in a small village of Uttar Pradesh and did his schooling in Tikri, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Thomas Holderness

He chose the North-Western Provinces and served from 1873 to 1876 as a district officer in the small towns of Bijnor, Fatehpur, and Muzaffarnagar.

Turna clan

In post-partition years, many Turnas from Jalandhar area moved to and settled in the 'Terai' region of Uttar Pradesh where they now own huge agricultural farms.

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee is the wing of Indian National Congress serving in Uttar Pradesh.

Vatsa Kingdom

Vatsa was a kingdom situated in the Gangatic plain with Kausambi as its capital, now known as Kosam a small town in Uttar Pradesh.

Volunteers for Rural India

It runs a scheme which enables members of VRI to visit rural India at a project in the village of Amarpurkashi, Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh, where they can assist with a rural development project there and learn about other development projects in India.

Zamindaar Babu Trilok Nath

He was the princely ruler of Belghat, Northwest Province, British India (modern day Uttar Pradesh, India).


Abdul Karim Khan

Abdul Karim Khan was born in Kairana village in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh into a musical family which traced its roots to musician brothers Ghulam Ali and Ghulam Maula.

Amina Shah

Her paternal grandfather, Sayyid Amjad Ali Shah, was the nawab of Sardhana, in the North-Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Anand Bhawan School

Anand Bhawan is a minority (catholic) educational institution situated in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India, founded in 1949 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow and run by the Institute of the Maids of the Poor, a religious and charitable society.

Awami Front

Awami Front (Popular Front), was a front of six Muslim political parties in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Ayudhapurusha

Common examples are the Sudarshana Chakra, the Shankha-purusha and Kaumodaki, mostly found in Uttar Pradesh and Bengal art.

Babu Banarasi Das University

Babu Banarasi Das University is a state private university in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Banarasi saris

Most importantly this means that no sari or brocade made outside the six identified districts of Uttar Pradesh, that is Varanasi, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Jaunpur and Azamgarh districts, can be legally sold under the name of Banaras sari and brocade.

Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines

The Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines are a set of three lines connecting Barauni in the Indian state of Bihar with Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Central Academy Lucknow

It is part of large chain of Central Academy Senior Secondary School established by Late Shri T.N.Mishra mainly in states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Dundwa Range

It separates the Outer Terai of Balarampur and Shravasti districts in Uttar Pradesh from Deukhuri Valley in Nepal's Dang-Deukhuri and eastern Banke districts.

ELegalix

eLegalix is Allahabad High Court Judgment Information System developed by Computer Centre, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

G. R. Sharma

Professor G.R.Sharma had also discovered (in 1967) a prehistoric site near Khajuri on the river Belan, a tributary of the river Tons, in the Meja sub-division of Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh.

Gautam Rajputs

According to a very widely accepted tradition, the Gautam Rajputs once owned the whole of the present Fatehpur district(Uttar Pradesh), together with much adjoining territory on both sides of the Ganges.

Gavli

According to their tradition following a communal riot between Hindus and Muslims, they left their ancestral village of Kharpa in Kannauj District of Uttar Pradesh.

Gopalganj, Bihar

Gopalganj is adjoined to the West Champaran district in the north, the place where Mahatma Gandhi started his revolution for independence, the Satyagrah Andolan,  East Champaran district in east, Chhapra district in south-east,  Siwan district in South, Deoria district( Uttar Pradesh) in West and Kushinagar district(Uttar Pradesh) in North-west.The district is adjacent to the famous Valmiki National Park.

Halwa poori

The food originated in northern India mainly in Uttar Pradesh and in modern day Pakistani Punjab and Indian Punjab and usually in Uttar Pradesh and Pakistani Punjab it is eaten as a breakfast on weekends in cities like Lahore, Faisalabad and in many other cities.

Jeevan Marg Sophia Secondary

Jeevan Marg Sophia Secondary School is a high school located in the city of Deoria, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Jhojha

In terms of religion, they are fairly orthodox Sunni Muslims, and have customs similar to other neighbouring Muslim peasant castes, such as the Kamboh, Garha, and Muley Jat.

Kabaria

The Kabaria, sometimes pronounced as Kabariya are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, mainly in the Awadh region.

Khap

These Khaps are found to be spread all the way from Northwest India down to Madhya Pradesh, Malwa, Rajasthan, Sindh, Multan, Punjab, Haryana, and modern Uttar Pradesh.

Legal opium production in India

Some place where opium is grown are Chittourgarh in Rajasthan; Mandsaur, Ratlam, Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh; and Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.

Legislative council

India: The Vidhan Parishad (or Legislative Council) in seven of the twenty-eight Indian states (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh), the Vidhan Parishad serves as the upper house of a bicameral legislature

Makhanalal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication

It also has campuses in Noida,Meerut Uttar Pradesh (adjoining Delhi) and at Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh supported by a network of 529 study institutes (as on March 31, 2005) throughout India and Nepal.

Marhal

The Mahal, are sometime pronounced Mandal, are a Jat gotra, found mainly in Punjab, although few are still found in Jarauda in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh.

Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari

Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari was born on December 25, 1880 in Yusufpur-Mohammadabad town, Ghazipur district,(now part of Uttar Pradesh).

Nikhat Kazmi

Nikhat Kazmi (c. 1958 – 20 January 2012), born Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, was a senior correspondent and well-known film critic from India, who had been writing for The Times of India since 1987.

Qassab

They have three sub-divisions, the Chikwa who are found in the Rohilkhand and Awadh regions of Uttar Pradesh, and are connected with the slaughtering animals such as sheep and goats, and the Qureshi Qassab who slaughter cows and buffaloes.

Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana

The project has been partnered with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and SERP for promotion of credit linkage and federation of SHGs in select districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Ram Chandra Vikal

Ram Chandra Vikal (8 November 1916, Nayagaon Basantpur, Ghaziabad district – 26 June 2011) was a Gurjar leader, freedom fighter and deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Ram Singh Thakur

Ram Singh was recruited in the 3rd Battalion PAC at Lucknow Uttar Pradesh in 1948 by Shri Jagdish Prasad Bajpai Commandant - 3rd Bn. PAC, and later was promoted as the Band Master in the Rank of Inspector.

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) is a medical institute of India located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Sharma Bandhu

The four brothers were born in Muzaffarnagar town in state of western Uttar Pradesh, India, to Pandit Ramanand, son of Pandit Munshiram, in the family of Hindi-Urdu poet and Sanskrit translator Pandit Jyoti Prasad.

Sheikh Sarvari

Sheikh Sarwari are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.

Sher Bahadur Singh

Sher Bahadur Singh is a politician in Uttar Pradesh, India and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Ambedkar Nagar district, sometimes written Ambedkarnagar, in Jalalpur.

Sibakatullah Ansari

Sibakatullah Ansari or Sibagtulla Ansari is a Samajwadi Party politician from Mohammadabad in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.

Sohagi Barwa Sanctuary

Sohagi Barwa Sanctuary is in Maharajganj district in Uttar Pradesh.

Soleja

Most people with the name Soleja/Solaija have immigrated to the state of Uttar Pradesh, India and to Karachi, Pakistan during the Partition of India in 1947.

Syed Ehtisham Ahmed Nadvi

Dr Nadvi was born in the village of Makhdoompur in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, India, into a well known family of Indian Muslim intelligentsia belonging to the Syed-Qidwai clan.