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	'''Allahabad''' ({{audio\|Allahabad.ogg\|pronunciation}}),<!-- Allahabad is the COMMONNAME, as per the article title, do no change the common name to official name Prayagraj. See the discussion on the talk page. --> ~~[[List of renamed Indian cities and states\|~~officially~~]] known as~~ '''Prayagraj'''~~, also known as '''Ilahabad'''~~, is a [[metropolis]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Metropolitan Cities of India \|url=http://www.cpcb.nic.in/EnvironmetalPlanning/ground/Chapter3.pdf \|website=cpcb.nic.in \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210838/http://www.cpcb.nic.in/EnvironmetalPlanning/ground/Chapter3.pdf \|access-date=22 December 2020\|archive-date=23 September 2015 }}</ref><ref name= IdentifyingCensusCentres>{{cite report \|url=https://m.rbi.org.in//scripts/bs_viewcontent.aspx?Id=2035 \|title=Guidelines for Identifying Census Centres by Reserve Bank of India \|work=Reserve Bank of India \|publisher=RBI Central Board, Government of India \|access-date=21 March 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=30 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830230130/https://m.rbi.org.in/Scripts/bs_viewcontent.aspx?Id=2035 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Six cities to get metropolitan stat">{{cite news \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Six-cities-to-get-metropolitan-status/articleshow/2210886.cms?from=mdr \|title=Six cities to get metropolitan status \|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \|date=20 October 2006 \|access-date=8 August 2020 \|archive-date=13 April 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413034053/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Six-cities-to-get-metropolitan-status/articleshow/2210886.cms?from=mdr \|url-status=live }}<br />The other five cities were: [[Agra]], [[Kanpur\|Kanpur (Cawnpore)]], [[Lucknow]], [[Meerut]], and [[Varanasi\|Varanasi (Benares)]].</ref><ref name= UrbanScenario>{{cite report \|url=https://mohua.gov.in/cms/number-of-cities--towns-by-city-size-class.php \|title=Urban Scenario by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs \|work=MoHUA Government of India \|publisher=Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India \|access-date=21 March 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=14 February 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214110450/http://www.mohua.gov.in/cms/number-of-cities--towns-by-city-size-class.php \|url-status=live }}</ref> It is the administrative headquarters of the [[Allahabad district]]—the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India—and the [[Allahabad division]]. The city is the judicial capital of [[Uttar Pradesh]] with the [[Allahabad High Court]] being the highest judicial body in the state. As of 2011, Allahabad is the [[List of cities in Uttar Pradesh by population\|seventh most populous city]] in the state, [[list of North Indian cities by population\|thirteenth]] in [[Northern India]] and [[List of most populous cities in India\|thirty-sixth]] in India, with an estimated population of 1.53 million in the city.<ref name='Prayagraj City'/><ref name=SlumFreeCityPlan>{{cite report \|url=http://www.mohua.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/19UP_Allahabad_sfcp-min.pdf \|title=Slum Free City Plan of Action - Allahabad \|work=Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies \|publisher=Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India \|access-date=14 June 2019 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108132547/http://mohua.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/19UP_Allahabad_sfcp-min.pdf \|archive-date=8 January 2021 \|page=14 \|date= }}</ref><ref name="census2011">{{cite web \|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/138-allahabad.html \|title=Allahabad City Population Census 2011 \| Uttar Pradesh \|publisher=Census2011.co.in \|access-date=26 May 2014 \|url-status = live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517183230/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/138-allahabad.html \|archive-date=17 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/metropolitan/87-allahabad.html \|title=Allahabad Metropolitan Urban Region Population 2011 Census \|publisher=Census2011.co.in \|access-date=26 May 2014 \|url-status = live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518234508/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/metropolitan/87-allahabad.html \|archive-date=18 May 2014 }}</ref> In 2011 it was ranked the world's 40th fastest-growing city.<ref name="fastest growing">{{cite web\|title=The world's fastest growing cities and urban areas from 2006 to 2020\|url=http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/urban_growth2.html\|work=City Mayors Statistics\|access-date=11 February 2014\|url-status = live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014181201/http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/urban_growth2.html\|archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.walkthroughindia.com/walkthroughs/10-twin-towns-and-sister-cities-of-indian-states/\|title= 10 Twin Towns and Sister Cities of Indian States\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->\|website= walkthroughindia.com\|access-date= 9 January 2014\|url-status = live\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140109083014/http://www.walkthroughindia.com/walkthroughs/10-twin-towns-and-sister-cities-of-indian-states/\|archive-date= 9 January 2014}}</ref> Allahabad, in 2016, was also ranked the third most liveable [[urban agglomeration]] in the state (after [[Noida]] and [[Lucknow]]) and sixteenth in the country.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://competitiveness.in/publications/reports/liveability-index/ \|title=Liveability Index \|access-date=1 August 2015 \|url-status = dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912165115/http://competitiveness.in/publications/reports/liveability-index/ \|archive-date=12 September 2015 \|publisher=Institute for Competitiveness, India}}</ref> [[Hindi]] is the most widely spoken language in the city.		'''Allahabad''' ({{audio\|Allahabad.ogg\|pronunciation}}),<!-- Allahabad is the COMMONNAME, as per the article title, do no change the common name to official name Prayagraj. See the discussion on the talk page. --> (officially '''Prayagraj'''), is a [[metropolis]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Metropolitan Cities of India \|url=http://www.cpcb.nic.in/EnvironmetalPlanning/ground/Chapter3.pdf \|website=cpcb.nic.in \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210838/http://www.cpcb.nic.in/EnvironmetalPlanning/ground/Chapter3.pdf \|access-date=22 December 2020\|archive-date=23 September 2015 }}</ref><ref name= IdentifyingCensusCentres>{{cite report \|url=https://m.rbi.org.in//scripts/bs_viewcontent.aspx?Id=2035 \|title=Guidelines for Identifying Census Centres by Reserve Bank of India \|work=Reserve Bank of India \|publisher=RBI Central Board, Government of India \|access-date=21 March 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=30 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830230130/https://m.rbi.org.in/Scripts/bs_viewcontent.aspx?Id=2035 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Six cities to get metropolitan stat">{{cite news \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Six-cities-to-get-metropolitan-status/articleshow/2210886.cms?from=mdr \|title=Six cities to get metropolitan status \|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \|date=20 October 2006 \|access-date=8 August 2020 \|archive-date=13 April 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413034053/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Six-cities-to-get-metropolitan-status/articleshow/2210886.cms?from=mdr \|url-status=live }}<br />The other five cities were: [[Agra]], [[Kanpur\|Kanpur (Cawnpore)]], [[Lucknow]], [[Meerut]], and [[Varanasi\|Varanasi (Benares)]].</ref><ref name= UrbanScenario>{{cite report \|url=https://mohua.gov.in/cms/number-of-cities--towns-by-city-size-class.php \|title=Urban Scenario by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs \|work=MoHUA Government of India \|publisher=Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India \|access-date=21 March 2018 \|date= \|archive-date=14 February 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214110450/http://www.mohua.gov.in/cms/number-of-cities--towns-by-city-size-class.php \|url-status=live }}</ref> It is the administrative headquarters of the [[Allahabad district]]—the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India—and the [[Allahabad division]]. The city is the judicial capital of [[Uttar Pradesh]] with the [[Allahabad High Court]] being the highest judicial body in the state. As of 2011, Allahabad is the [[List of cities in Uttar Pradesh by population\|seventh most populous city]] in the state, [[list of North Indian cities by population\|thirteenth]] in [[Northern India]] and [[List of most populous cities in India\|thirty-sixth]] in India, with an estimated population of 1.53 million in the city.<ref name='Prayagraj City'/><ref name=SlumFreeCityPlan>{{cite report \|url=http://www.mohua.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/19UP_Allahabad_sfcp-min.pdf \|title=Slum Free City Plan of Action - Allahabad \|work=Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies \|publisher=Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India \|access-date=14 June 2019 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108132547/http://mohua.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/19UP_Allahabad_sfcp-min.pdf \|archive-date=8 January 2021 \|page=14 \|date= }}</ref><ref name="census2011">{{cite web \|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/138-allahabad.html \|title=Allahabad City Population Census 2011 \| Uttar Pradesh \|publisher=Census2011.co.in \|access-date=26 May 2014 \|url-status = live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517183230/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/138-allahabad.html \|archive-date=17 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/metropolitan/87-allahabad.html \|title=Allahabad Metropolitan Urban Region Population 2011 Census \|publisher=Census2011.co.in \|access-date=26 May 2014 \|url-status = live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518234508/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/metropolitan/87-allahabad.html \|archive-date=18 May 2014 }}</ref> In 2011 it was ranked the world's 40th fastest-growing city.<ref name="fastest growing">{{cite web\|title=The world's fastest growing cities and urban areas from 2006 to 2020\|url=http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/urban_growth2.html\|work=City Mayors Statistics\|access-date=11 February 2014\|url-status = live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014181201/http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/urban_growth2.html\|archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.walkthroughindia.com/walkthroughs/10-twin-towns-and-sister-cities-of-indian-states/\|title= 10 Twin Towns and Sister Cities of Indian States\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->\|website= walkthroughindia.com\|access-date= 9 January 2014\|url-status = live\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140109083014/http://www.walkthroughindia.com/walkthroughs/10-twin-towns-and-sister-cities-of-indian-states/\|archive-date= 9 January 2014}}</ref> Allahabad, in 2016, was also ranked the third most liveable [[urban agglomeration]] in the state (after [[Noida]] and [[Lucknow]]) and sixteenth in the country.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://competitiveness.in/publications/reports/liveability-index/ \|title=Liveability Index \|access-date=1 August 2015 \|url-status = dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912165115/http://competitiveness.in/publications/reports/liveability-index/ \|archive-date=12 September 2015 \|publisher=Institute for Competitiveness, India}}</ref> [[Hindi]] is the most widely spoken language in the city.

	Allahabad lies close to [[Triveni Sangam]], the "three-river confluence" of the [[Ganges]], [[Yamuna]] and [[Sarasvati River\|Sarasvati]] rivers.<ref name=sangam /> It plays a central role in [[Hindu scriptures]]. The city finds its earliest reference as one of the world's oldest known cities in Hindu mythological texts and has been venerated as the holy city of Prayaga in the ancient [[Vedas]]. Allahabad was also known as [[Kosambi]] in the late [[Vedic period]], named by the [[Kuru Kingdom\|Kuru]] rulers of [[Hastinapur]], who developed it as their capital. Kosambi was one of the greatest cities in India from the late Vedic period until the end of the [[Maurya Empire]], with occupation continuing until the [[Gupta Empire]]. Since then, the city has been a political, cultural and administrative centre of the [[Doab]] region. In the early 17th century, Allahabad was a provincial capital in the [[Mughal Empire]] under the reign of [[Jahangir]].<ref name="Pletcher 2010 128">{{cite book \|last=Pletcher \|first=Kenneth \|date=15 August 2010 \|title=The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mjr0X-8jrLAC&pg=PA128 \|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group \|page=128 \|isbn= 978-1-61530-142-3\|access-date=21 March 2014 \|url-status = live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115154619/https://books.google.com/books?id=Mjr0X-8jrLAC&pg=PA128&dq=Allahabad+massacre#v=onepage&q=Allahabad\|archive-date=15 November 2018 }}</ref>		Allahabad lies close to [[Triveni Sangam]], the "three-river confluence" of the [[Ganges]], [[Yamuna]] and [[Sarasvati River\|Sarasvati]] rivers.<ref name=sangam /> It plays a central role in [[Hindu scriptures]]. The city finds its earliest reference as one of the world's oldest known cities in Hindu mythological texts and has been venerated as the holy city of Prayaga in the ancient [[Vedas]]. Allahabad was also known as [[Kosambi]] in the late [[Vedic period]], named by the [[Kuru Kingdom\|Kuru]] rulers of [[Hastinapur]], who developed it as their capital. Kosambi was one of the greatest cities in India from the late Vedic period until the end of the [[Maurya Empire]], with occupation continuing until the [[Gupta Empire]]. Since then, the city has been a political, cultural and administrative centre of the [[Doab]] region. In the early 17th century, Allahabad was a provincial capital in the [[Mughal Empire]] under the reign of [[Jahangir]].<ref name="Pletcher 2010 128">{{cite book \|last=Pletcher \|first=Kenneth \|date=15 August 2010 \|title=The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mjr0X-8jrLAC&pg=PA128 \|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group \|page=128 \|isbn= 978-1-61530-142-3\|access-date=21 March 2014 \|url-status = live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115154619/https://books.google.com/books?id=Mjr0X-8jrLAC&pg=PA128&dq=Allahabad+massacre#v=onepage&q=Allahabad\|archive-date=15 November 2018 }}</ref>

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