A report on Ganges and North India

States under Northern India Zonal Council in orange

Devprayag, confluence of Alaknanda (right) and Bhagirathi (left), and beginning of the Ganges proper.

The Himalayan headwaters of the Ganges River in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.

Vedic India covered North, Central, Western and Eastern India

The Gandhi Setu Bridge across the Ganges in Patna, Bihar

Children playing cricket in North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh

A sailboat on the main distributory of the Ganges in Bangladesh, the Padma river.

Sunset on the sand dunes at Thar desert located in North Indian state of Rajasthan

The Ganges delta in a 2020 satellite image.

A 1908 map showing the course of the Ganges and its tributaries.

The River Ganges at Kolkata, with Howrah Bridge in the background

Goat at Great Himalayan national Park in Himachal Pradesh

Hardinge Bridge, Bangladesh, crosses the Ganges-Padma River. It is one of the key sites for measuring streamflow and discharge on the lower Ganges.

Chromolithograph, Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges, by William Simpson, 1867

Sunrise in Kishtwar National Park, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Descent of Ganga, painting by Raja Ravi Varma c. 1910

Preparations for cremations on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi], 1903. The dead are being bathed, wrapped in cloth, and covered with wood. The photograph has a caption, "Who dies in the waters of the Ganges obtains heaven."]

Women and children at a bathing ghat on the Ganges in Banares (Varanasi), 1885.

Shiva, as Gangadhara, bearing the Descent of the Ganges, as the goddess Parvati, the sage Bhagiratha, and the bull Nandi look on (circa 1740).

India's Köppen climate classification map is based on native vegetation, temperature, precipitation and their seasonality.(Major categories)
(Am) Tropical monsoon
(Aw) Tropical savanna, wet & dry
(BWh) Hot desert
(BWk) Cold desert
(BSh) Hot semi arid
(Cwa) Subtropical humid summer, dry winter
(Cwb) Subtropical highland, dry wint

A procession of Akharas marching over a makeshift bridge over the Ganges River. Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, 2001.

Head works of the Ganges canal in Haridwar (1860). Photograph by Samuel Bourne.

The Ganges Canal highlighted in red stretching between its headworks off the Ganges River in Haridwar and its confluences with the Jumna (Yamuna) River in Etawah and with the Ganges in Cawnpore (now Kanpur).

A girl selling plastic containers in Haridwar for carrying Ganges water.

The catla (Catla catla) is one of the Indian carp species that support major fisheries in the Ganges

The threatened gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a large fish-eating crocodilian that is harmless to humans

The Gangetic dolphin in a sketch by Whymper and P. Smit, 1894.

People bathing and washing clothes in the Ganges in Varanasi.

It flows south and east through the Gangetic plain of North India, receiving the right-bank tributary, the Yamuna, which also rises in the western Indian Himalayas, and several left-bank tributaries from Nepal that account for the bulk of its flow.

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Varanasi, on the banks of the River Ganga, is considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the second oldest in India after Nalanda.

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Uttar Pradesh

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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.

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

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

Indian field hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand

JRHU is the world's first school for the handicapped

Central Drug Research Institute, an autonomous multidisciplinary research institute

The battle of Kurukshetra, folio from the Mahabharata

Devotees inside Krishna temple during Lathmaar Holi

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

Paan (betel leaves) being served with silver foil

Anandabodhi tree in Jetavana Monastery, Sravasti

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

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

Uttar Pradesh (, 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India.

The two major rivers of the state, the Ganges and its tributary Yamuna, meet at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, a Hindu pilgrimage site.

Indo-Gangetic Plain

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172 e6acre fertile plain encompassing northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including most of northern and eastern India, around half of Pakistan, virtually all of Bangladesh and southern plains of Nepal.

Clusters of yellow lights on the Indo-Gangetic Plain reveal numerous cities large and small in this photograph of northern India and northern Pakistan, seen from the northwest. The orange line is the India–Pakistan border.

A part of the Indo-Gangetic Plain over Northern, Central and Eastern India as well as its neighbouring countries

The region is named after the Indus and the Ganges rivers and encompasses a number of large urban areas.

The fertile Terai region is spread across Southern Nepal and Northern India along the foothills of the Himalayas.

Delhi

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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.

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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

Delhi is located in Northern India, at 28.61°N, 77.23°W.

At 240 MGD, the Bhakra storage is DJB's largest water source, followed by the Yamuna and Ganges rivers.

Kabir, a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint

Varanasi

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Tourists shopping for jewellery in Varanasi

Ganges view from Bhadaini water works, Varanasi

Ramnagar Fort was built in 1750 by Kashi Naresh Raja Balwant Singh.

Memorial of Sant Ravidas at Sant Ravidas Ghat

Bharat Kala Bhavan Museum, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Sant Goswami Tulsidas Awadhi Hindi poet and propagator of Bhakthi music in Varanasi

Krishna standing on serpent Kaliya during Nag Nathaiya festival in Varanasi

The Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi

Indian Institute of Technology in Varanasi

The Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport is the main airport that serves Varanasi.

Varanasi Junction, is the main railway station which serves Varanasi.

BLW manufactured locomotives hauling load across the nation.

A lithograph by James Prinsep (1832) of a Brahmin placing a garland on the holiest location in the city.

A painting by Edwin Lord Weeks (1883) of Varanasi, viewed from the Ganges.

An illustration (1890) of Bathing Ghat in Varanasi.

An 1895 photograph of the Varanasi riverfront.

The lanes of Varanasi are bathed in a plethora of colours.

The Kashi Vishwanath Temple, the most important temple in Varanasi.

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Varanasi is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world, even as the traditions are transformed in the face of modernization, generational changes and emigration.

Allahabad

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Metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The Ashoka pillar at Allahabad (photo c. 1900) contains many inscriptions since the 3rd-century BCE. Sometime about 1575 CE, Birbal of Akbar's era added an inscription that mentions the "Magh mela at Prayag Tirth Raj".

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

As of 2011, Allahabad is the seventh most populous city in the state, thirteenth in Northern India and thirty-sixth in India, with an estimated population of 1.53 million in the city.

Allahabad lies close to Triveni Sangam, the "three-river confluence" of the Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati rivers.

India

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India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), – "Official name: Republic of India.";

An illustration from an early-modern manuscript of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana, composed in story-telling fashion c. undefined.

India has the majority of the world's wild tigers, approximately 3,000 in 2019.

A Chital (Axis axis) stag attempts to browse in the Nagarhole National Park in a region covered by a moderately dense forest.

The last three Asiatic cheetahs (on record) in India were shot dead in Surguja district, Madhya Pradesh, Central India by Maharajah Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo. The young males, all from the same litter, were sitting together when they were shot at night in 1948.

Children awaiting school lunch in Rayka (also Raika), a village in rural Gujarat. The salutation Jai Bhim written on the blackboard honours the jurist, social reformer, and Dalit leader B. R. Ambedkar.

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar about to score a record 14,000 runs in test cricket while playing against Australia in Bangalore, 2010.

Bhutesvara Yakshis, Buddhist reliefs from Mathura, {{CE|2nd century}}

Gupta terracotta relief, Krishna Killing the Horse Demon Keshi, 5th century

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Chola bronze of Shiva as Nataraja ("Lord of Dance"), Tamil Nadu, 10th or 11th century.

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Krishna Fluting to the Milkmaids, Kangra painting, 1775–1785

A modern rendering of the historical name Bharatavarsha, which applied originally to North India, Bharat gained increased currency from the mid-19th century as a native name for India.

Major Himalayan-origin rivers that substantially flow through India include the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, both of which drain into the Bay of Bengal.

Rajasthan

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Ghateshwara Mahadeva temple at the Baroli Temple Complex. The temples were built between the 10th and 11th centuries CE by the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty.

Akbar shoots the Rajput commander Jaimal using a matchlock, during the Siege of Chittor (1567–1568).

The great Indian bustard has been classed as critically endangered species since 2011.

Reclining tiger, Ranthambore National Park

Lake Palace and Jag Mandir from a distance, Lake Pichola, Udaipur.

Timeline of the Bhadla Solar Park (India) development, the World's largest photovoltaic power plants cluster in 2020

Wind turbines near Bada Bagh, Rajasthan.

Dal Bati Choorma, a traditional Rajasthani Dish

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The emperor Hemu, who rose from obscurity and briefly established himself as ruler in northern India, from Punjab to Bengal, in defiance of the warring Sur and Mughal Empires.

Maharana Udai Singh II founded Udaipur, which became the new capital of the Mewar kingdom after Chittor Fort was conquered by the Mughal emperor Akbar.

Maharana Pratap Singh, sixteenth-century Rajput ruler of Mewar, known for his defence of his realm against Mughal invasion.

Suraj Mal was ruler of Bharatpur, some contemporary historians described him as "the Plato of the Jat people" and by a modern writer as the "Jat Odysseus", because of his political sagacity, steady intellect and clear vision.<ref>R.C.Majumdar, H.C.Raychaudhury, Kalikaranjan Datta: An Advanced History of India, fourth edition, 1978, {{ISBN|0-333-90298-X}}, Page-535</ref>

Mount Abu is a popular hill station in Rajasthan.

The Jaipur Metro is an important urban transportation link

Demoiselle cranes in Khichan near Bikaner

Amber Fort has seen from the bank of Maotha Lake, Jaigarh Fort on the hills in the background

Rajasthan (lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India.

Eastern and southeastern Rajasthan is drained by the Banas and Chambal rivers, tributaries of the Ganges.

Uttarakhand

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Rope bridge across Alaknanda River at Srinagar, 1784-94 – the capital of the Garhwal Kingdom

Fort of Champawat, 1815 – the first capital of the Chand kings of Kumaon Kingdom

Uttarakhand as a part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces

Uttarakhand as a part of Uttar Pradesh, 1950–2000

With the elevation of 7816 m above sea level, Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in Uttarakhand and the second-highest mountain in India, following Kangchenjunga in Sikkim.

With the elevation of 190 m above sea level, Sharda Sagar Reservoir is the lowest land point in Uttarakhand.

Women performing Chanchari – a popular folk dance from Danpur region in Kumaon.

Pilgrims gather for the third Shahi Snan ("royal bath") at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar, Uttarakhand on 14 April 2010 during Haridwar Kumbh Mela.

A woman winnowing rice, an important food crop in Uttarakhand.

Garhwal Himalaya mountain range in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand.

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun.

Mahasu Devta Temple at Hanol is notable for its traditional wooden architecture.

Architectural details of a Dharamshala, established 1822, Haridwar.

Abhisarika Nayika, a painting by Mola Ram.

The releasing of the Uttaranchal crafts map

West Himalayan Common Peacock (Papilio bianor polyctor)

View of a Bugyal (meadow) in Uttarakhand

Har Ki Doon, a high-altitude hanging valley

Rishikesh view and 13 stories Shiva temple across Lakshman Jhula bridge over the Ganges

Kedarnath Temple is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas

Uttarakhand (English:, or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal (English: ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India.

Two of the most important rivers in Hinduism originate in the glaciers of Uttarakhand, the Ganges at Gangotri and the Yamuna at Yamunotri.

Map of prominent mountain ranges in India, showing Aravalli in north-west India

Aravalli Range

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Volcanic arc and geological process of undersea subduction during tactonic collusion

Global convergent boundary of plate margins

The Aravalli Range, seen from the range's highest point at Guru Shikhar, in Rajasthan.

Camel ride in the Thar Desert near Jaisalmer.

Ashoka pillar at Delhi Ridge, brought to Delhi from Topra Kalan by Firuz Shah Tughlaq in 1356.

Ranthambore National Park, in Rajasthan.

The Aravali Range inside Ranthambhore National Park, in Rajasthan.

alt=Mount Abu is the tallest mountain in this range with GURU SHIKHAR as its peak.|Sunset from the sunset point of Mount Abu

The Aravalli Range (also spelled Aravali) is a mountain range in Northern-Western India, running approximately 670 km (430 mi) in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana, Rajasthan, and ending in Ahmedabad Gujarat.

Eastern and southeastern Rajasthan is drained by the Banas and Chambal rivers, tributaries of the Ganges.

Kanpur

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Industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Aerial view of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University

Nestled on the banks of Ganges River, Kanpur stands as the major financial and industrial centre of North India and also the ninth-largest urban economy in India.