Kanpur (ind)

Kanpur

Kanpur ranks 1,734th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sidi Bel Abbès, Sedan, Ardennes, and Burlington, Vermont. The most famous people from Kanpur are Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Sharmila Tagore, and Harish-Chandra. The most famous people who died in Kanpur are Clarke Abel, and Lakshmi Sahgal. Kanpur has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many physicians, and politicians. Kanpur is located in India.

Kanpur, originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, after Lucknow. Founded by Rajput ruler Hindu Singh Chandel, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations of British Raj. Today it is famous for its colonial architecture, gardens, sweets, dialect, and high-quality leather, plastic, and textile products, which are exported mainly to the West. Read more on Wikipedia