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Delhi
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Andhra
Pradesh
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Arunachal
Pradesh
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Assam
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Bihar
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Chhattisgarh
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Goa |
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Gujarat
I Haryana I
Himachal
Pradesh
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Jammu
&
Kashmir
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Jharkhand
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Kerala |
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Karnataka
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Madhya
Pradesh
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Maharashtra
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Manipur
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Meghalaya
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Mizoram |
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Nagaland
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Orissa
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Punjab
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Rajasthan
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Sikkim
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Tamil
Nadu |
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Uttar
Pradesh
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Uttaranchal
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West
Bengal |
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 "I
had
been
to
other
countries
- in
Europe,
Asia
and
the
Middle
East
-
but
none
of
them
had
provided
even
half
as
much
variety,
or
so
much
to
see
and
experience
and
remember,
as
this
one
State
in
northern
India.
You
can
travel
from
one
end
of
Australia
to
the
other,
but
everywhere
on
that
vast
continent
you
will
find
that
people
dress
in
the
same
way,
eat
the
same
kind
of
food,
listen
to
the
same
music.
This
colourless
uniformity
is
apparent
in
many
other
countries
of
the
world,
both
East
and
West.
But
Uttar
Pradesh
is a
world
in
itself."-
Ruskin
Bond. |
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Uttar
Pradesh
is
the
rainbow
land
where
the
multi-hued
Indian
Culture
has
blossomed
from
times
immemorial.
Blessed
with
a
variety
of
geographical
topographies
and
many
cultural
diversities,
Uttar
Pradesh,
has
been
the
hub
of
activity
of
historical
and
religious
heroes
like
-
Rama,
Krishna,
Buddha,
Mahavira,
Ashoka,
Harsha,
Akbar
and
Mahatma
Gandhi.
Rich
and
tranquil
expanses
of
meadows,
perennial
rivers,
dense
forests
and
fertile
soil
of
Uttar
Pradesh
have
contributed
numerous
golden
chapters
to
the
annals
of
Indian
History.
Dotted
with
various
holy
shrines
and
pilgrimage
places,
full
of
joyous
festivals,
it
plays
an
important
role
in
the
politics,
education,
culture,
industry,
agriculture
and
tourism
of
India. |
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Garlanded
by
the
Ganga
and
Yamuna,
the
two
pious
rivers
of
Indian
mythology,
Uttar
Pradesh
is
surrounded
by
Bihar
in
the
East,
Madhya
Pradesh
in
the
South,
Rajasthan,
Delhi,
Himachal
Pradesh
and
Haryana
in
the
west
and
Uttaranchal
in
the
north
and
Nepal
touch
the
northern
borders
of
Uttar
Pradesh,
it
assumes
strategic
importance
for
Indian
defence. |
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The
British
East
India
Company
came
into
contact
with
the
Awadh
rulers
during
the
reign
of
the
3rd
Nawab
of
Awadh.
There
is
no
doubt
that
the
history
of
Uttar
Pradesh
has
run
concurrently
with
the
history
of
the
country
during
and
after
the
British
rule,
but
it
is
also
well-known
that
the
contribution
of
the
people
of
the
State
in
National
Freedom
Movement
had
been
significant. |
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Area
wise,
it
is
the
fourth
largest
State
of
India.
In
sheer
magnitude
it
is
half
of
the
area
of
France,
three
times
of
Portugal,
four
times
of
Ireland,
seven
times
of
Switzerland,
ten
times
of
Belgium
and
a
little
bigger
than
England.
The
administrative
and
legislative
capital
is
Lucknow
and
the
judicial
capital
is
Allahabad.
Other
notable
cities
include
Agra,
Aligarh,
Ayodhya,
Varanasi
(Benares),
Gorakhpur,
Kanpur. |
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