Lucknow (ind)

Lucknow

Lucknow ranks 1,444th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saint-Brieuc, León, Spain, and Forest Gate. Memorable people born in Lucknow include Cliff Richard, Amrit Kaur, and Naushad. Memorable people who died in Lucknow include Hasrat Mohani, Yashpal, and Mir Taqi Mir. Lucknow has been the birth place of many musicians, and politicians and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Lucknow is located in India.

Lucknow is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division. Having a population of 2.8 million as per 2011 census, it is the eleventh most populous city and the twelfth-most populous urban agglomeration of India. Lucknow has always been a multicultural city that flourished as a North Indian cultural and artistic hub, and the seat of power of Nawabs in the 18th and 19th centuries. It continues to be an important centre of governance, administration, education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, information technology, design, culture, tourism, music, and poetry. Lucknow, along with Agra and Varanasi, is in the Uttar Pradesh Heritage Arc, a chain of survey triangulations created by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to boost tourism in the state. Read more on Wikipedia