UTTAR PRADESH

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Basic Facts about Uttar Pradesh

● Statehood: 24 January 1950

● Capital: Lucknow

● Number of District : 75

● Governor: Anandiben Patel

● Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath

● High court: Allahabad High Court (Prayagraj)

● Chief Justice: Govind Mathur

● Members of the Legislative Assembly: 403 members excluding one Anglo-

Indian member

● Lok Sabha Seats : 80

● Rajya Sabha Seats : 31

Boundaries

● The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the west, Haryana, Himachal

Pradesh and Delhi to the northwest, Uttarakhand and Nepal to the north,

Bihar to the east, Madhya Pradesh to the south, and touches the states of

Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to the southeast.

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State Symbols

● State Animal: Barasingha

● State Bird: Sarus crane

● State Flower: Palash

● State Tree: Ashoka

History of Uttar Pradesh

● It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces of

Agra and Oudh during British rule, and was renamed Uttar

Pradesh in 1950.

● On 9 November 2000, a new state, Uttarakhand, was carved

out from the state's Himalayan hill region.

● President's rule has been imposed in Uttar Pradesh ten

times since 1968, for different reasons and for a total of

1,700 days.

● First CM of UP : Govind Ballabh Pant

● Sarojini Naidu was the first governor of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

● Uttar Pradesh is India's fourth-largest state in terms of land area and is

roughly of same size as United Kingdom.

● The larger Gangetic Plain region is in the north; it includes the Ganges-

Yamuna Doab, the Ghaghra plains, the Ganges plains and the Terai. The

smaller Vindhya Range and plateau region is in the south.

● The state has more than 32 large and small rivers; of them, the Ganges,

Yamuna, Saraswati, Sarayu, Betwa, and Ghaghara are larger and of religious

importance in Hinduism.

● The election to the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held from

11 February to 8 March 2017 in 7 phases.

● Bharatiya Janata Party won this election by an overwhelming three-quarter

majority of 325 seats.

● On 18 March 2017, Yogi Adityanath was appointed the new CM of Uttar

Pradesh.

● UP BJP Chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma were appointed

as the Deputy CM.

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Major Dams

● Rihand/Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Dam: Rihand-tributary of Son: Pipri,

Sonbhadra

● Parichha Dam: Betwa River: Jhansi-Kanpur NH25

● Matalita Dam: Betwa River: Lalitpur District

● Jamini Dam: Jamni River: Mahrauni, Lalitpur

● Shahzad Dam: Shahzad River: Lalitpur

● Govind Sagar Dam: Shahzad River: Lalitpur

● Sarda Sagar Dam: Sharda river: Puranpur, Pilibhit

Important Lakes of Uttar Pradesh

● Barua Sagar Tal : Jhansi

● Bela Sagar Tal: Kulpahar, Belatal

● Chittaura Jheel: Bahraich

● Keetham Lake: Agra-Delhi highway

● Moti Jheel: Kanpur

● Raja Ka Tal: NH 19

● Ramgarh Tal Lake: Gorakhpur

● Shekha Jheel: Aligarh

General Facts

● It is the most populous state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision

in the world.

● The two major rivers of the state, the Ganga and Yamuna, join at Allahabad

(Prayagraj) and then flow as the Ganga further east.

● Literacy (2011): 67.68%

● Sex ratio (2011): 912 ♀/1000

● Uttar Pradesh has more metropolitan cities than any other state in India.

● Om Prakash Singh is the Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police.

● Uttar Pradesh topped the list of states with most number of crimes against women,

according to the annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for

2017.

GI Tags of Uttar Pradesh

● Allahabad Surkha

● Lucknow Chikan Craft

● Mango Malihabadi Dusseheri

● Banaras Brocades and Sarees

● Banaras Brocades and Sarees (Logo)

● Hand made Carpet of Bhadohi

● Agra Durrie

● Farrukhabad Prints

● Lucknow Zardozi

● Kalanamak Rice

GI Tags of Uttar Pradesh

● Firozabad Glass

● Kannauj Perfume

● Kanpur Saddlery

● Moradabad Metal Craft

● Saharanpur Wood Craft

● Handmade Carpets of Mirzapur

● Handmade Carpets of Banaras

● Agra Petha

● Mathura Peda

● Nizamabad black clay pottery

● Varanasi Wooden Lacquerware &Toys

Festivals & Fairs of Uttar Pradesh

1. Magh Fair: It is organised in Allahabad

2. Rath Fair: It is organised in Vrindavan, Mathura district of

Uttar Pradesh in the month Chaitra.

3. Gau Charan Fair: It is one of the famous fairs of Brij

region.

4. Nauchandi Fair: It is organised in Meerut after a few

days of Holi festival.

5. Dewa Sharif Fair: It is organised in Barabanki district on

the shrine of great Sufi Saint Waris Ali Shah.

Festivals & Fairs of Uttar Pradesh

● Shakumbhari Fair: It is organised during Navratri,

twice a year in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

● Kumbh Fair: It is organised four times over the

course of 12 years, the site of the observance rotating

between four pilgrimage places on four sacred rivers-

at Haridwar on the Ganges River, at Ujjain on the

Shipra, at Nashik on the Godavari, and at Prayagraj.

Dances of Uttar Pradesh

● Swang

● Charkula Dance

● Raslila

● Nautanki

● Ahir Dance

● Dudhwa National Park

● Pilibhit Tiger Reserve & Wildlife Sanctuary

● Mahavir Swami Wildlife Sanctuary

● Hastinapur Wildlife sanctuary

● Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary

● Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary

Important National Park and wildlife Sanctuaries in Uttar

Pradesh

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Agra Fort: 1983

Taj Mahal : 1983

Fatehpur Sikri : 1986

List of Monuments of National Importance in Uttar Pradesh

● Taj Mahal: Agra

● Kashi Vishwanath Temple: Varanasi

● Tulsi Manas Temple: Varanasi

● Hanuman Setu Temple: Lucknow

● Sri Radha Govinda Temple: Vrindavan

● Ram Janmabhoomi: Ayodhya

● Triveni Sangam: Allahabad

● Sarnath Temple:Varanasi

● Manikarnika Ghat: Varanasi

List of Monuments of National Importance in Uttar Pradesh

● Tomb of Akbar :Agra

● Agra Fort: Agra

● Banke Bihari Temple: Vrindavan

● Bada Imambara: Lucknow

● Jama Mosque: Jaunpur

● Chunar Fort: Varanasi

● Dhamek Stupa: Varanasi

● Fatehpur Sikri: Agra

6 Monuments declared of national importance in 2018 by ASI

The Ministry of Culture announced that Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

declared 6 monuments as ‘protected and of national importance’ under the

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, in 2018.

● High Court Building in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

● Haveli of Agha Khan in Agra.

● Haveli of Hathi Khana in Agra.

● Neemrana Baori in Rajasthan’s Alwar district.

● Group of Temples at Ranipur Jharail in Odisha’s Bolangir district.

● Vishnu Temple in Kotali, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand.

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