3. Country India
Region
Awadh, Baghelkhand, Braj
, Bundelkhand, Purval
,RohilKhand, Indo-Gangetic
Plain
Established Modern: 1805
•22 Mar 1902 : Renamed United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
•3 Jan 1921 : Renamed United Provinces of British India
•1 Apr 1937 : Renamed United Provinces
•1 Apr 1946 : Self rule granted
•15 Aug 1947 : of independent India
•26 Jan 1950 : Renamed Uttar Pradesh
•9 Nov 2000 : Uttaranchal state created from part of Uttar Pradesh
HISTORY
4. CAPITAL : LUCKNOW
LARGECITY : KANPUR
GOVERNOR : BANAWARI LAL JOSHI
CHIEF MINISTER: AKHILESH YADAV
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE : HINDI
POPULATION : 19,95,81,477
DISTRICT : 75
RANK :1
TRADITIONAL DANCE:
THARANG,KADHK
5. Uttar Pradesh (literally meaning "Northern Province")
abbreviated U.P. is a state located in northern India
. It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United
Provinces with the passing of the States
Reorganisation Act and renamed Uttar Pradesh in
1950. The administrative capital isLucknow. On 9
November 2000, a new state, Uttarakhand, was
carved from the mountainous Himalayan region of
Uttar Pradesh.
6. • 4000 and 1500 BC beginning with
the Indus Valley Civilization and Harappa
Culture to the Vedic period; extending
into the Iron Age
• The kingdom of Kosala, in
the Mahajanapada era, was located within
the regional boundaries of modern day
Uttar Pradesh. According to Hindu legend,
the divine king Rama of
the Ramayana epic reigned in Ayodhya,
the capital of Kosala.
• The aftermanth of the Mahabharata yuddh is believed to have taken place in the
area between the Upper Doab and Delhi, (in what was Kuru Mahajanapada), during
the reign of the Pandava kingYudhisthira. The kingdom of the Kurus corresponds to
the Black and Red Ware and Painted Gray Ware culture and the beginning of the
Iron Age in North-west India, around 1000 BC.
7. EMPIRES
Uttar Pradesh was home to many powerful empires of ancient and medieval
India, including
the Magadha, Nanda, Mauryan, Sunga, Kushan,Gupta, Gurjara, Rashtrakuta, Pala
and Mughal empires.
8. The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the
west, Haryana and Delhi to the northwest, Uttarakhand and
the country of Nepal to the north, Bihar to the
east, Jharkhand to the southeast, and Madhya Pradesh to
the southwest.
BOUNDRIES
10. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Hindi is the official and most
widely spoken language in its 75
districts. Language Act of 1951
Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata, the
epic narrative of the Kurukshetra
War and the fates of
the Kauravasand
the Pandava princes, in Uttar
Pradesh.
A 1989 amendment to the act
added Urdu as another native
language of the state the major
native languages of the state
being Awadhi, Bundeli, Braj
Bhasha, Kannauji and the
vernacular form of Khariboli
11. TRANSPORTATION
The state has a large, multimodel
transportation system with the
largest road network in the
country. Uttar Pradesh has the
seventh-highest road density in
India
12.
13. The Literacy rate of the state according to the
2011 Census is 69.70%. With the literacy rate
for Males at 79.20%, while it is 59.30% for the
Females. While this is still below the national
average of 74.04%.
17. • Road side vendors in a town. A large proportion
of residents are employed in the informal sector.
• Uttar Pradesh holds the third largest economy
(2011–2012) in India, with an NSDP
of 708,000 crore.
• Agriculture is the leading occupation in Uttar
Pradesh.
• More small-scale industrial units are situated in
Uttar Pradesh than in any other state.
• During the 11th five-year plan (2007–2012), the
average gross state domestic product (GSDP)
growth rate was 7.28%, lower than 15.5%, the
average for all states of the country.
18. Typical day-to-day traditional vegetarian meal of
Uttar Pradesh, like any other North Indian thali,
consists of roti(flatbread), chawal, dal, sabji, raita
and papad. Many people still drink the traditional
drink chaach with meals. On festive occasions,
usually 'tava' (flat pan for roti) is considered
inauspicious, and instead fried foods are consumed.
A typical festive thali consists of Puri, Kachauri,
sabji, pulav, papad, raita, salad and deserts (such as
sewai or kheer)
19. FAIRS AND FESTIVALS
Diwali (celebrated between mid-
October and mid-December) and Rama
Navami are the two most popular
festivals in Uttar Pradesh. Kumbh
Mela, organized in the month
of Maagha (Feb-March), is another
important festival
20. DRESS
The people of Uttar Pradesh dress in a
variety of traditional and Western
styles. Traditional styles of dress
include colourful draped garments –
such as sari for women
and dhoti or lungi for men
21.
22. The Taj Mahal a UNESCO World Heritage Site attracts a large number
of tourists from overseas.
