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Geographic Features:
Area: 2,94,411 sq. km.
Population(1991 Census): 13.91
crore
Uttar Pradesh
,which literally means Northern Province, is a large state having
about 294,411 sq. k.m of area and housing about 166 million people.
Its oneof the most dominant states of India in political arena since
independence .
Often
referred to as 'Hindi Belt' , the state has produced India's 8 of
the 12 prime ministers so far. This is partly because it is the
most populus state - it has as many inhabitants as Brazil -and partly
because of the central role the region plays in the religious landscape
of Hindus.
The
Ganges River, which forms the backbone of Uttar Pradesh, is the
sacred river of Hinduism, and four of the religion's seven holy
towns are in the state, including Varanasi, the holiest of
them all.
Uttar
Pradesh is also a place of major importance to Buddhists, for it
was at Sarnath, just outside Varanasi, that the Buddha first preached
his message of the middle way.
Most
of Uttar Pradesh consists of the vast Ganges plain, an area of awesome
flatness and highly fertile land. The people of this area are predominantly
poor, uneducated farmers, whose unequal share in the wealth and
resources enjoyed by the state's urbanites is a matter of social
concern. In stark contrast to the plains, the scenic north-western
corner has hill stations sprinkled along the foothills of the Himalayas.
It offers some excellent trekking opportunities and rises to form
some of the highest mountains in India. Nanital, Ranikhet
,Mussoorie , Dehradoon are some of the important hill
stations of this place .
The
capital of the state is Lucknow, the land of 'Nawabs'.
Though the city is rapidly modernising , it still has kept its past
glory.
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