Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and Agra

Gates of the Palace at Lucknow by W. Daniell, 1801

The Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani in Sikandra was originally built as a Baradari by Sultan Sikandar Lodi in 1495.

Chota Imambara is a Shia Muslim Hussainiya and a mausoleum for Muhammad Ali Shah.

The Town and Fort of Agra, an engraving.

The ruins of the Residency at Lucknow show the gunfire it took during the rebellion.

Bada Imambada is famous for its maze called 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' in Hindi-Urdu. It is built of identical 2.5 feet wide passageways like the one shown in this photograph.

Map of parts of the Old City and the Civil Station, ca 1914

Uttar Pradesh is the largest subdivion by population in the world. The red area has a smaller population than Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha), the lower house of the bicameral legislature.

Tata Consultancy Services Campus at TCS Awadh Park in Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar

The sweet dish petha, which is a symbol of Mughal legacy.

HCL Technologies Campus at HCL IT City, Lucknow

Sown saplings of rice in a paddy; located in the rich fertile Indo-Gangetic Plain, agriculture is the largest employment generator in the state.

Signature Building (Uttar Pradesh Police Headquarter in Lucknow)

IT premise in Noida, which is known for infrastructure and services, as well as high-end housing complexes.

Railway Map of Agra (the line to Jaipur has meanwhile been converted to broad gauge)

Indian field hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand

Inner Ring Road link Yamuna Expressway to Lucknow expessway, Fatehabad Road, Shamshabad Road, NH-3, NH-11 Agra

The roads of Lucknow (Gomti Nagar in picture)

JRHU is the world's first school for the handicapped

Central Drug Research Institute, an autonomous multidisciplinary research institute

Buses of Lucknow Mahanagar Parivahan Sewa

The battle of Kurukshetra, folio from the Mahabharata

The most common front view of the Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal and outlying buildings as seen from across the Yamuna River (northern view)

Devotees inside Krishna temple during Lathmaar Holi

Tombs of Shah Jahan and his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal

Uttar Pradeshi thali with naan, sultani dal, raita, and shahi paneer

Paan (betel leaves) being served with silver foil

The Jahangiri Mahal, the largest residence in the complex

Anandabodhi tree in Jetavana Monastery, Sravasti

Musamman Burj, an octagonal Tower which was the residence of Shah Jahan's favourite empress, Mumtaz Maḥal

A hybrid nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) showing nectar spur, found mainly in Hardoi district

Amar Singh Gate, one of two entrances into Agra's Red Fort

The threatened Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a large fish-eating crocodilian found in the Ganges River

Ghanta Ghar, the tallest clock tower in India

Brijesh Pathak, Minister of Law & Justice and Additional Energy Resources in Uttar Pradesh, inaugurating the bada mangal festivities at UPNEDA office in Vibhuti Khand (May 2017)

Free food being distributed on a Bada Mangal (May 2017). Bada Mangal is a ritual specific only to Lucknow.

Tunday's Gelawati Kababs, Lucknow's speciality

A dancer posing during a kathak dance sequence. The dance has its origins in Northern India and especially Lucknow.

Lucknow is known for its dasheri mangoes, which are exported to many countries

Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow

Amity University Lucknow Campus, also known as Mango Orchard Campus

BBD groups of colleges Campus in Lucknow

Lucknow (, Lakhnaū) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and is also the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division.

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Agra is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 210 km south of the national capital New Delhi and 378 km west of the state capital Lucknow.

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The state is divided into 18 divisions and 75 districts, with the state capital being Lucknow, and Prayagraj serving as the judicial capital.

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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.

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Uttar Pradesh has several historical, natural, and religious tourist destinations, including Agra, Aligarh, Ayodhya, Kushinagar, Prayagraj, Varanasi and Vrindavan.

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Allahabad

Allahabad Fort, built by Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1575 on the banks of the Yamuna River.

Tomb of Nithar Begum (daughter of Mughal Emperor Jahangir) at Khusro Bagh.

Mahatma Gandhi at a January 1940 Congress Working Committee meeting with Vallabhbhai Patel and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit at Anand Bhavan in Allahabad

Allahabad University, established in 1887, is one of the oldest modern universities in the Indian subcontinent.

Pilgrims at the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers in Allahabad.

The Yamuna in Allahabad during the rainy season

A typical Indian peacock, found in Allahabad on a large scale

The Allahabad High Court is India's fourth-oldest high court

MLN Medical College, the Government Medical College in Allahabad

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, a public engineering and management school

Anand Bhavan, owned by Indian political leader Motilal Nehru

A procession of pilgrims cross the Ganges during the 2001 Kumbh Mela in Allahabad

Allahabad, officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Allahabad, in 2016, was also ranked the third most liveable urban agglomeration in the state (after Noida and Lucknow) and sixteenth in the country.

In mid-1600, Jahangir made an abortive attempt to seize Agra's treasury and came to Allahabad, seizing its treasury and setting himself up as a virtually independent ruler.

Indian Rebellion of 1857

Major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.

A 1912 map of Northern India, showing the centres of the rebellion.

India in 1765 and 1805, showing East India Company-governed territories in pink

India in 1837 and 1857, showing East India Company-governed territories in pink

Two sepoy officers; a private sepoy, 1820s

A scene from the 1857 Indian Rebellion (Bengal Army).

Indian mutiny map showing position of troops on 1 May 1857

"The Sepoy revolt at Meerut," wood-engraving from the Illustrated London News, 1857

An 1858 photograph by Felice Beato of a mosque in Meerut where some of the rebel soldiers may have prayed

Wood-engraving depicting the massacre of officers by insurgent cavalry at Delhi

The Flagstaff Tower, Delhi, where the British survivors of the rebellion gathered on 11 May 1857; photographed by Felice Beato

Troops of the Native Allies by George Francklin Atkinson, 1859.

Sikh Troops Dividing the Spoil Taken from Mutineers, circa 1860

Fugitive British officers and their families attacked by mutineers.

A wood-engraving of Nynee Tal (today Nainital) and accompanying story in the Illustrated London News, 15 August 1857, describing how the resort town in the Himalayas served as a refuge for British families escaping from the rebellion of 1857 in Delhi and Meerut.

Attack of the mutineers on the Redan Battery at Lucknow, 30 July 1857

Assault on Delhi and capture of the Cashmere Gate, 14 September 1857

Capture of Bahadur Shah Zafar and his sons by William Hodson at Humayun's tomb on 20 September 1857

Wood-engraving depicting Tatya Tope's Soldiery

A memorial erected (circa 1860) by the British after the Mutiny at the Bibighar Well. After India's Independence the statue was moved to the All Souls Memorial Church, Cawnpore. Albumen silver print by Samuel Bourne, 1860

A contemporary image of the massacre at the Satichaura Ghat

The interior of the Secundra Bagh, several months after its storming during the second relief of Lucknow. Albumen silver print by Felice Beato, 1858

Jhansi Fort, which was taken over by rebel forces, and subsequently defended against British recapture by the Rani of Jhansi

Wood-engraving of the execution of mutineers at Peshawar

Marble Lectern in memory of 35 British soldiers in Jhelum

Lieutenant William Alexander Kerr, 24th Bombay Native Infantry, near Kolapore, July 1857

The Relief of Lucknow by Thomas Jones Barker

British soldiers looting Qaisar Bagh, Lucknow, after its recapture (steel engraving, late 1850s)

Execution of mutineers by blowing from a gun by the British, 8 September 1857.

Justice, a print by Sir John Tenniel in a September 1857 issue of Punch

Bahadur Shah Zafar (the last Mughal emperor) in Delhi, awaiting trial by the British for his role in the Uprising. Photograph by Robert Tytler and Charles Shepherd, May 1858

The proclamation to the "Princes, Chiefs, and People of India," issued by Queen Victoria on 1 November 1858. "We hold ourselves bound to the natives of our Indian territories by the same obligation of duty which bind us to all our other subjects." (p. 2)

Captain C Scott of the Gen. Sir. Hope Grant's Column, Madras Regiment, who fell on the attack of Fort of Kohlee, 1858. Memorial at the St. Mary's Church, Madras

The Mutiny Memorial in Delhi, a monument to those killed on the British side during the fighting.

Suppression of the Indian Revolt by the English, which depicts the execution of mutineers by blowing from a gun by the British, a painting by Vasily Vereshchagin c. 1884. Note: This painting was allegedly bought by the British crown and possibly destroyed (current whereabouts unknown). It anachronistically depicts the events of 1857 with soldiers wearing (then current) uniforms of the late 19th century.

The hanging of two participants in the Indian Rebellion, Sepoys of the 31st Native Infantry. Albumen silver print by Felice Beato, 1857.

The National Youth rally at the National Celebration to Commemorate 150th Anniversary of the First War of Independence, 1857 at Red Fort, in Delhi on 11 May 2007

Henry Nelson O'Neil's 1857 painting Eastward Ho! depicting British soldiers saying farewell to their loved ones as they embark on a deployment to India.

Charles Canning, the Governor-General of India during the rebellion.

Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856, who devised the Doctrine of Lapse.

Lakshmibai, the Rani of Maratha-ruled Jhansi, one of the principal leaders of the rebellion who earlier had lost her kingdom as a result of the Doctrine of Lapse.

Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal Emperor, crowned Emperor of India, by the Indian troops, he was deposed by the British, and died in exile in Burma

The Jantar Mantar observatory in Delhi in 1858, damaged in the fighting

Mortar damage to Kashmiri Gate, Delhi, 1858

Hindu Rao's house in Delhi, now a hospital, was extensively damaged in the fighting

Bank of Delhi was attacked by mortar and gunfire

Photograph entitled, "The Hospital in General Wheeler's entrenchment, Cawnpore". (1858) The hospital was the site of the first major loss of British lives in Cawnpore

1858 picture of Sati Chaura Ghat on the banks of the Ganges River, where on 27 June 1857 many British men lost their lives and the surviving women and children were taken prisoner by the rebels.

Bibigarh house where British women and children were killed and the well where their bodies were found, 1858.

The Bibighar Well site where a memorial had been built. Samuel Bourne, 1860.

Violence, which sometimes betrayed exceptional cruelty, was inflicted on both sides, on British officers, and civilians, including women and children, by the rebels, and on the rebels, and their supporters, including sometimes entire villages, by British reprisals; the cities of Delhi and Lucknow were laid waste in the fighting and the British retaliation.

During April, there was unrest and fires at Agra, Allahabad and Ambala.

Very soon after the events at Meerut, rebellion erupted in the state of Awadh (also known as Oudh, in modern-day Uttar Pradesh), which had been annexed barely a year before.

Meerut

Main entrance to Kot Fort, Abdullapur built in the early 16th century

The cover of the book Sangeet Puranmal Ka (lit. The Music of Puranmal) by Ramlal. The book was published in 1879 from the city.

Meerut City Junction Railway Station is the main railway station of Meerut

One of the entrance gates of Nauchandi mela ground at Meerut.

Statue of Mangal Pandey at Martyr's Memorial

Meerut (, IAST: Meraṭha) is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The city lies 70 km northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and 430 km west of the state capital Lucknow.

The fair feature shops for Lucknow's Chikan work, Moradabad's brassware, Varanasi's carpets, rugs and silk sarees, Agra's footwear, Meerut's leather items, etc. Meerut's own products like sports goods, scissors, gajaks, nan-khatai are also sold.

Etawah

Baba Saheb Dr. B.R.A. College of Agriculture Engineering & Technology

Etawah also known as Ishtikapuri is a city on the banks of Yamuna River in the state of Western Uttar Pradesh in India.

The city lies 300 km southeast of the national capital New Delhi, and 230 km northwest of the state capital Lucknow.

Etawah is about 120 km east of Agra and is about 165 km west of Kanpur.

Aligarh

General Lord Gerard Lake who oversaw the Battle of Ally Ghur

SS Masjid beside Strachey Hall, AMU Aligarh

Faculty of Arts, Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh (formerly known as Allygarh, and Kol) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.

It connects Aligarh to the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, north-east and most of Uttar Pradesh, and important stations of cities such as New Delhi railway station, Mumbai Central, Kolkata, Bhopal Junction railway station, Indore, Jammu, Gwalior, Lucknow, Jhansi, Puri, Kanpur Central railway station, Etawah Junction railway station, Tundla Junction railway station, Agra Cantonment railway station and Varanasi.

National Highway 93 - It connects Moradabad to Taj Nagri Agra via Aligarh. Aligarh-Agra section is constructed as Brijbhoomi Expressway.

Mathura

Gate of Shet Lukhmeechund's Temple, a photo by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey, 1860s.

Statue of Kanishka I, second century CE, Mathura Museum.

Sculpture of woman from ancient Braj-Mathura ca. second century CE.

Entrance to the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi temple complex.

Mathura is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

It is located approximately 57.6 km north of Agra, and 166 km south-east of Delhi; about 14.5 km from the town of Vrindavan, and 22 km from Govardhan.

I Corps (Strike Formation) within the Indian Army's Central Command is based in Mathura, hosting Strike I Corps headquarters in a large classified area in the outskirts of the city known as Mathura Cantonment (Central Command is headquartered in Lucknow).

Noida

The Blue Line of the Delhi Metro in Noida.

The Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro in Botanical Garden metro station in Noida.

The DND Flyway connects Noida to New Delhi.

The Yamuna Expressway runs through Noida

Main campus of Amity University in Noida

Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Noida is about 25 km southeast of New Delhi, 20 km northwest of the district headquarters, Greater Noida, and 457 km northwest of the state capital, Lucknow.

The third is the Yamuna Expressway which connects Greater Noida to Agra via Mathura.

Chaat

Family of savoury snacks that originated in India, typically served as an hors d'oeuvre or at roadside tracks from stalls or food carts across South Asia in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Alu tikki served with hari (mint and cilantro
chutney), saunth chutneys, and dahi (yogurt)

Alu chaat vendor, Connaught Place, New Delhi

A plate of Masala puri made by street vendors in the chaat stalls near Bangalore

With its origins in Uttar Pradesh, India, chaat has become immensely popular in the rest of South Asia and the Caribbean.

Chaat from Delhi (from where it originated in its current form), Lucknow, Prayagraj, Kolhapur, Kanpur, Varanasi, Pune, Agra, Meerut, Kolkata, Sowcarpet, Bengaluru, and Mathura are famous throughout India.

Taj Mahotsav

Taj Mahotsav (Hindi: ताज महोत्सव, Urdu: تاج مہوتسو, translation: Taj Festival) is an annual 10-day (from 18 to 27 February) event at Shilpgram in Agra, India.

This festival invokes the memories of the old Mughal era and nawabi style prevalent in Uttar Pradesh in the 18th and 19th centuries.

These include wood/stone carvings from Tamil Nadu, bamboo/cane work from North East India, paper mash work from South India and Kashmir, marble and zardozi work from Agra, wood carving from Saharanpur, brass wares from Moradabad, hand made carpets from Bhadohi, pottery from Khurja, Chikan work from Lucknow, silk and zari work from Banaras, shawls and carpets from Kashmir/Gujarat, hand printing from Farrukhabad and Kantha stitch from West Bengal.Various film production & media house of bollywood like Dhaivat Records & Productions also participates and manages artists in Mahotsav.

Delhi

Ancient built environment.

The walls of the 16th-century Purana Qila built on a mound whose topography is thought to match the literary description of the citadel Indraprastha in the Sanskrit-epic Mahabharata, though excavations in the vicinity have yielded no evidence of construction.

At 72.5 m, the Qutb Minar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delhi, was completed during the reign of Sultan Illtutmish in the 13th century; although its style has some similarities with the Jarkurgan minaret, it is more closely related to the Ghaznavid and Ghurid minarets of Central Asia

Red Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the main residence of the Mughal emperors for nearly 200 years.

Six stamps issued by the Government of British India to mark the inauguration of New Delhi in February 1931

Khan Market in New Delhi, now a high-end shopping district, was established in 1951 to help refugees of the Partition of India, especially those from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). It honours Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan, Chief Minister of NWFP during the Partition.

Aerial view of Delhi in April 2016 with river Yamuna in top-right.

A dense toxic smog in New Delhi blocks out the sun. In November 2017, Delhi's chief minister described the city as a "gas chamber".

Urban sustainability analysis of the greater urban area of the city using the 'Circles of Sustainability method of the UN Global Compact Cities Programme.

Connaught Place in New Delhi is an important economic hub of the National Capital Region.

The Khari Baoli market in Old Delhi is one of the oldest and busiest in the city.

Indira Gandhi International Airport's new terminal in Delhi. It is the busiest airport in South Asia. Shown here is the immigration counter in Terminal 3.

The Delhi Transport Corporation operates three types of compressed natural gas buses, the world's largest fleet. The red- and green-roofed buses seen in the picture have low floors whereas the orange buses have standard height. The elevated Delhi metro is seen above in Azadpur.

The cycle rickshaw and the auto rickshaw are commonly used in Delhi for travelling short distances.

A platform of the New Delhi railway station shows a passenger train and freight which awaits pick up or transportation to other destinations. The pedestrian bridge overhead connects the platforms.

Traditional pottery on display in Dilli Haat

The Pragati Maidan in Delhi hosts the World Book Fair biennially

More than a quarter of the immigrants in Delhi are from Bihar and neighboring states. Chhath, a festival of rural Bihar is now popular in Delhi.

On Basant Panchmi eve, qawwali singers wearing yellow headbands gather at the dargah of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya to sing verses from Amir Khusrau.

The kitchen of Karim's, Old Delhi, a historic restaurant located near Jama Masjid.
Established in 1913, the restaurant has been described as "arguably the city's most famous culinary destination".

Pitampura TV Tower broadcasts programming to Delhi

Indian athletes marching into the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 1951 Asian Games.

The 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

alt=The Birla temple in Delhi with its towers.|Birla Mandir, Delhi, a Hindu temple, was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1933

The Jama Masjid was built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan between 1650 and 1656

The prayer hall of Sikh Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi which dates to 1783

Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions. The NCT covers an area of 1484 km2. According to the 2011 census, Delhi's city proper population was over 11 million, while the NCT's population was about 16.8 million. Delhi's urban agglomeration, which includes the satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Noida in an area known as the National Capital Region (NCR), has an estimated population of over 28 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in India and the second-largest in the world (after Tokyo).

In 1526, Babur a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur, from the Fergana Valley in modern-day Uzbekistan invaded India, defeated the last Lodhi sultan in the First Battle of Panipat and founded the Mughal Empire that ruled from Delhi and Agra.