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| official_name = Lucknow | | official_name = Lucknow | ||
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| settlement_type = [[Capital city]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br>[[Metropolis]] | | settlement_type = [[Capital city]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br/>[[Metropolis]] | ||
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| image8 = La Martiniere College, Lucknow - by Ahmad Faiz Mustafa.jpg | | image8 = La Martiniere College, Lucknow - by Ahmad Faiz Mustafa.jpg | ||
| caption8 = [[La Martinière College, Lucknow|La Martinière College]] | | caption8 = [[La Martinière College, Lucknow|La Martinière College]] | ||
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| caption9 = [[BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium|BRSABV Ekana International Cricket Stadium]] | | caption9 = [[BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium|BRSABV Ekana International Cricket Stadium]] | ||
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| caption10 = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport]] | | caption10 = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport]] | ||
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| government_type = [[Municipal Corporation]] | | government_type = [[Municipal Corporation]] | ||
| governing_body = [[Lucknow Municipal Corporation]] | | governing_body = [[Lucknow Municipal Corporation]] | ||
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| leader_title = [[List of mayors of Lucknow|Mayor]] | | leader_title = [[List of mayors of Lucknow|Mayor]] | ||
| leader_name = | | leader_name = Sushma Kharakwal | ||
| leader_title1 = [[Municipal Commissioner]] | | leader_title1 = [[Municipal Commissioner]] | ||
| leader_name1 = | | leader_name1 = Inderjeet Singh<br/>[[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] | ||
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| area_footnotes = <ref name='Lucknow City'>{{cite | | area_footnotes = <ref name='Lucknow City'>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/lucknow-to-expand-88-new-villages-under-lmc-wings/articleshow/72356975.cms|title=Lucknow to expand, 88 new villages under LMC wings|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|date=4 December 2019 |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> | ||
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'''Lucknow''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ʌ|k|n|aʊ}}, {{IPA-hns|ˈləkʰnəuː|lang|Lucknow.ogg}} {{transl|hns|Lakhnaū}}) is the [[List of state and union territory capitals in India|capital]] and the largest city of the [[List of state and union territory capitals in India|Indian state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and it is also the [[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India|second largest]] urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lucknow.nic.in/ |title=Welcome to Lucknow District Official Website |publisher=Lucknow.nic.in |access-date=26 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212231527/http://lucknow.nic.in/ |archive-date=12 February 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="times">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lucknow-pips-Kanpur-emerges-as-most-populous-city-in-UP/articleshow/7879054.cms|title=Lucknow pips Kanpur, emerges as most populous city in UP|date=6 April 2011|website=[[The Times of India]]|location=Lucknow|access-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524064744/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lucknow-pips-Kanpur-emerges-as-most-populous-city-in-UP/articleshow/7879054.cms|archive-date=24 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous [[Lucknow district|district]] and [[Lucknow division|division]]. Having a population of 2.8 million as per 2011 census, it is the [[List of cities in India by population|eleventh most populous city]] and [[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India|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 [[Nawab]]s in the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref name="Lucknow directory of service">{{cite web|url=http://lucknowonline.com/dukaan/about-2/|title=Lucknow directory of service|website=Lucknow Online|access-date=27 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705161638/http://lucknowonline.com/dukaan/about-2/|archive-date=5 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> It continues to be an important centre of governance, administration, education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, culture, tourism, music and poetry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/LDA-begins-process-to-expand-Lucknows-territory/articleshow/45997595.cms|title=LDA begins process to expand Lucknow's territory|date=24 January 2015|website=[[The Times of India]]|location=Lucknow|access-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109021539/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/LDA-begins-process-to-expand-Lucknows-territory/articleshow/45997595.cms|archive-date=9 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lucknow-gets-bigger-by-380-sq-km-in-10-yrs/articleshow/7479048.cms|title=Lucknow gets bigger by 380 sq km in 10 yrs|date=12 February 2011|website=[[The Times of India]]|location=Lucknow|access-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109020005/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lucknow-gets-bigger-by-380-sq-km-in-10-yrs/articleshow/7479048.cms|archive-date=9 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/Z5259B.pdf|title = Sacred space and holy war|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = Divine Conspiracy|last = Cole|first = Juan Ricardo|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090918/http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/Z5259B.pdf|archive-date = 19 August 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | |||
'''Lucknow''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ʌ|k|n|aʊ}}, {{IPA-hns|ˈləkʰnəuː|lang|Lucknow.ogg}} {{transl|hns|Lakhnaū}}) is the [[List of state and union territory capitals in India|capital]] and the largest city of the [[List of state and union territory capitals in India|Indian state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and it is also the [[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India|second largest]] urban agglomeration in | |||
Lucknow stands at an elevation of approximately {{convert|123|m|ft}} above sea level. The city had an area of {{convert|402|km2|sqmi|abbr=in}} until December 2019, when 88 villages were added to the municipal limits and the area increased to {{convert|631|km2|sqmi|abbr=in}}.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 December 2019|first=Pranchal|last=Srivastava|title=Lucknow to expand, 88 new villages under LMC wings|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/lucknow-to-expand-88-new-villages-under-lmc-wings/articleshow/72356975.cms|access-date=20 October 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Bounded on the east by [[Barabanki]], on the west by [[Unnao]], on the south by [[Raebareli]] and in the north by [[Sitapur]] and [[Hardoi]], Lucknow sits on the northwestern shore of the [[Gomti River]]. {{As of|2008}}, there were 110 wards in the city. Morphologically, three clear demarcations exist: The [[Central business district]], which is a fully built up area, comprises [[Hazratganj]], [[Aminabad, Lucknow|Aminabad]] and Chowk. A middle zone surrounds the inner zone with cement houses while the outer zone consists of slums.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lucknow Report|url=http://uhi-india.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=318&Itemid=80|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814041343/http://uhi-india.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=318&Itemid=80|archive-date=14 August 2014|access-date=27 August 2014|website=Urban Health Initiative}}</ref> | Lucknow stands at an elevation of approximately {{convert|123|m|ft}} above sea level. The city had an area of {{convert|402|km2|sqmi|abbr=in}} until December 2019, when 88 villages were added to the municipal limits and the area increased to {{convert|631|km2|sqmi|abbr=in}}.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 December 2019|first=Pranchal|last=Srivastava|title=Lucknow to expand, 88 new villages under LMC wings|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/lucknow-to-expand-88-new-villages-under-lmc-wings/articleshow/72356975.cms|access-date=20 October 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Bounded on the east by [[Barabanki]], on the west by [[Unnao]], on the south by [[Raebareli]] and in the north by [[Sitapur]] and [[Hardoi]], Lucknow sits on the northwestern shore of the [[Gomti River]]. {{As of|2008}}, there were 110 wards in the city. Morphologically, three clear demarcations exist: The [[Central business district]], which is a fully built up area, comprises [[Hazratganj]], [[Aminabad, Lucknow|Aminabad]] and Chowk. A middle zone surrounds the inner zone with cement houses while the outer zone consists of slums.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lucknow Report|url=http://uhi-india.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=318&Itemid=80|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814041343/http://uhi-india.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=318&Itemid=80|archive-date=14 August 2014|access-date=27 August 2014|website=Urban Health Initiative}}</ref> | ||
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"Lucknow" is the [[Anglicisation of names|anglicised]] spelling of the local pronunciation "Lakhnau". According to one legend, the city is named after [[Lakshmana]], a hero of the Hindu epic ''[[Ramayana]]''. The legend states that Lakshmana had a palace or an estate in the area, which was called ''Lakshmanapuri'' ([[Sanskrit]]: लक्ष्मणपुरी, lit. ''Lakshmana's city''). The settlement came to be known as Lakhanpur (or Lachhmanpur) by the 11th century, and later, Lucknow.<ref name="Veena2014">{{cite book |author=Veena Talwar Oldenburg |title=The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856–1877 |url={{GBurl|id=6tP_AwAAQBAJ|p=6}} |date=14 July 2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-5630-5 |page=6 }}</ref><ref name="PNas1993">{{cite book |author=P. Nas |title=Urban Symbolism |url={{GBurl|id=R7-xvYmg3HcC|p=329}} |year=1993 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=90-04-09855-0 |page=329 }}</ref> | "Lucknow" is the [[Anglicisation of names|anglicised]] spelling of the local pronunciation "Lakhnau". According to one legend, the city is named after [[Lakshmana]], a hero of the Hindu epic ''[[Ramayana]]''. The legend states that Lakshmana had a palace or an estate in the area, which was called ''Lakshmanapuri'' ([[Sanskrit]]: लक्ष्मणपुरी, lit. ''Lakshmana's city''). The settlement came to be known as Lakhanpur (or Lachhmanpur) by the 11th century, and later, Lucknow.<ref name="Veena2014">{{cite book |author=Veena Talwar Oldenburg |title=The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856–1877 |url={{GBurl|id=6tP_AwAAQBAJ|p=6}} |date=14 July 2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-5630-5 |page=6 }}</ref><ref name="PNas1993">{{cite book |author=P. Nas |title=Urban Symbolism |url={{GBurl|id=R7-xvYmg3HcC|p=329}} |year=1993 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=90-04-09855-0 |page=329 }}</ref> | ||
A similar theory states that the city was known as ''Lakshmanavati'' ({{lang-sa| लक्ष्मणवती}},fortunate) after Lakshmana. The name changed to ''Lakhanavati'', then Lakhnauti and finally Lakhnau.<ref name="Philip2006">{{cite book |author=Philip Lutgendorf Professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies University of Iowa |title=Hanuman's Tale : The Messages of a Divine Monkey: The Messages of a Divine Monkey |url={{GBurl|id=fVFC2Nx-LP8C|p=245}} |date=13 December 2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-804220-4 |page=245 }}</ref> Yet another theory states that the city's name is connected with [[Lakshmi]], the Hindu goddess of wealth. Over time, the name changed to Laksmanauti, Laksmnaut, Lakhsnaut, Lakhsnau and, finally, Lakhnau.<ref>{{cite book |author=Richard Stephen Charnock |title=Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names |url=https://archive.org/details/localetymologya00chargoog |year=1859 |publisher=Houlston and Wright |page=[https://archive.org/details/localetymologya00chargoog/page/n360 167]}}</ref> | A similar theory states that the city was known as ''Lakshmanavati'' ({{lang-sa| लक्ष्मणवती}}, fortunate) after Lakshmana. The name changed to ''Lakhanavati'', then Lakhnauti and finally Lakhnau.<ref name="Philip2006">{{cite book |author=Philip Lutgendorf Professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies University of Iowa |title=Hanuman's Tale : The Messages of a Divine Monkey: The Messages of a Divine Monkey |url={{GBurl|id=fVFC2Nx-LP8C|p=245}} |date=13 December 2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-804220-4 |page=245 }}</ref> Yet another theory states that the city's name is connected with [[Lakshmi]], the Hindu goddess of wealth. Over time, the name changed to Laksmanauti, Laksmnaut, Lakhsnaut, Lakhsnau and, finally, Lakhnau.<ref>{{cite book |author=Richard Stephen Charnock |title=Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names |url=https://archive.org/details/localetymologya00chargoog |year=1859 |publisher=Houlston and Wright |page=[https://archive.org/details/localetymologya00chargoog/page/n360 167]}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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For about eighty-four years (from 1394 to 1478), Awadh was part of the Sharqi Sultanate of Jaunpur. Emperor [[Humayun]] made it a part of the Mughal Empire around 1555. Emperor [[Jahangir]] (1569–1627) granted an estate in Awadh to a favoured nobleman, Sheikh Abdul Rahim, who later built Machchi Bhawan on this estate. It later became the seat of power from where his descendants, the ''Sheikhzadas'', controlled the region.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://lucknow.me/history.html|title = Introduction to Lucknow|access-date = 24 August 2014|publisher = Lucknow|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140107223010/https://lucknow.me/history.html|archive-date = 7 January 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | For about eighty-four years (from 1394 to 1478), Awadh was part of the Sharqi Sultanate of Jaunpur. Emperor [[Humayun]] made it a part of the Mughal Empire around 1555. Emperor [[Jahangir]] (1569–1627) granted an estate in Awadh to a favoured nobleman, Sheikh Abdul Rahim, who later built Machchi Bhawan on this estate. It later became the seat of power from where his descendants, the ''Sheikhzadas'', controlled the region.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://lucknow.me/history.html|title = Introduction to Lucknow|access-date = 24 August 2014|publisher = Lucknow|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140107223010/https://lucknow.me/history.html|archive-date = 7 January 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Mussulman woman of rank.jpg|thumb|left]] | [[File:Mussulman woman of rank.jpg|thumb|left|A Muslim woman of rank from Lucknow, early 19th century]] | ||
The Nawabs of Lucknow, in reality, the Nawabs of Awadh, acquired the name after the reign of the third Nawab when Lucknow became their capital. The city became North India's [[ | The Nawabs of Lucknow, in reality, the Nawabs of Awadh, acquired the name after the reign of the third Nawab when Lucknow became their capital. The city became North India's [[cultural capital]], and its nawabs, best remembered for their refined and extravagant lifestyles, were patrons of the arts. Under their dominion, music and dance flourished, and construction of numerous monuments took place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laxys.com/lucknow.html |title=Lucknow City |publisher=Laxys |access-date=29 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426071814/http://www.laxys.com/lucknow.html |archive-date=26 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Of the monuments standing today, the [[Bara Imambara]], the [[Chota Imambara]], and the [[Rumi Darwaza]] are notable examples. One of the Nawab's enduring legacies is the region's syncretic Hindu–Muslim culture that has come to be known as the ''[[Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/standpoint-understanding-ganga-jamuni-tehzeeb-how-diverse-is-the-indian-multiculturalism-1995684|title = Understanding Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb: How diverse is the "Indian multiculturalism"|date = 15 June 2014|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = DNA India|publisher = DNA Webdesk|last = Safvi|first = Rana|location = Mumbai|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903135602/http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/standpoint-understanding-ganga-jamuni-tehzeeb-how-diverse-is-the-indian-multiculturalism-1995684|archive-date = 3 September 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Gates of Palace at Lucknow William Daniell 1801.jpg|thumb|Gates of the Palace at Lucknow by [[William Daniell|W. Daniell]], 1801]] | [[File:Gates of Palace at Lucknow William Daniell 1801.jpg|thumb|Gates of the Palace at Lucknow by [[William Daniell|W. Daniell]], 1801]] | ||
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[[File:Residency-Lucknow.jpg|thumb|The ruins of the [[The Residency, Lucknow|Residency]] at Lucknow show the gunfire it took during the rebellion.]] | [[File:Residency-Lucknow.jpg|thumb|The ruins of the [[The Residency, Lucknow|Residency]] at Lucknow show the gunfire it took during the rebellion.]] | ||
[[File:A passageway in 'Bhhol Bhulaiyaa' (Inside Bada Imambada in Lucknow, India).jpg|thumb|left|Bada Imambada is famous for its maze called 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' in [[Hindi-Urdu]]. It is built of identical {{convert|2.5|ft|cm|round=5|order=flip|adj=mid|-wide}} passageways like the one shown in this photograph.]] | [[File:A passageway in 'Bhhol Bhulaiyaa' (Inside Bada Imambada in Lucknow, India).jpg|thumb|left|Bada Imambada is famous for its maze called 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' in [[Hindi-Urdu]]. It is built of identical {{convert|2.5|ft|cm|round=5|order=flip|adj=mid|-wide}} passageways like the one shown in this photograph.]] | ||
In 1856 the East India Company first moved its troops to the border, then annexed the state for alleged maladministration. Awadh was placed under a chief commissioner – Sir [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence|Henry Lawrence]]. [[Wajid Ali Shah]], the then Nawab, was imprisoned, then exiled by the East India Company to [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://lucknow.me/Wajid-Ali-Shah.html|title = Wajid Ali Shah|access-date = 24 August 2014|website = Lucknow|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150429000451/http://lucknow.me/Wajid-Ali-Shah.html|archive-date = 29 April 2015|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> In the subsequent [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], his 14-year-old son [[Birjis Qadra]], whose mother was [[Begum Hazrat Mahal]], was crowned ruler. Following the rebellion's defeat, Begum Hazrat Mahal and other rebel leaders sought asylum in [[Nepal]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep122004/fp3.asp|title = Begum Hazrat Mahal: forgotten icon of India's freedom movement|date = 12 September 2004|access-date = 27 August 2014|work = Deccan Herald|last = Sarkar|first = Sudeshna|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903124538/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep122004/fp3.asp|archive-date = 3 September 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | In 1856, the East India Company first moved its troops to the border, then annexed the state for alleged maladministration. Awadh was placed under a chief commissioner – Sir [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence|Henry Lawrence]]. [[Wajid Ali Shah]], the then Nawab, was imprisoned, then exiled by the East India Company to [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://lucknow.me/Wajid-Ali-Shah.html|title = Wajid Ali Shah|access-date = 24 August 2014|website = Lucknow|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150429000451/http://lucknow.me/Wajid-Ali-Shah.html|archive-date = 29 April 2015|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> In the subsequent [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], his 14-year-old son [[Birjis Qadra]], whose mother was [[Begum Hazrat Mahal]], was crowned ruler. Following the rebellion's defeat, Begum Hazrat Mahal and other rebel leaders sought asylum in [[Nepal]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep122004/fp3.asp|title = Begum Hazrat Mahal: forgotten icon of India's freedom movement|date = 12 September 2004|access-date = 27 August 2014|work = Deccan Herald|last = Sarkar|first = Sudeshna|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903124538/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep122004/fp3.asp|archive-date = 3 September 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
[[File:7th Hussars, charging a body of the Mutineer's Cavalry.jpg|thumb|left|7th Hussars, charging a body of the Mutineer's Cavalry, Alambagh, Lucknow]] | [[File:7th Hussars, charging a body of the Mutineer's Cavalry.jpg|thumb|left|7th Hussars, charging a body of the Mutineer's Cavalry, Alambagh, Lucknow]] | ||
Lucknow was one of the major centres of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] and actively participated in [[Indian independence movement|India's independence movement]], emerging as a strategically important North Indian city. During the Rebellion (also known as the First War of Indian Independence and the Indian Mutiny), the majority of the East India Company's troops were recruited from both the people and nobility of Awadh. The rebels seized control of the state, and it took the British 18 months to reconquer the region. During that period, the garrison based at the [[The Residency, Lucknow|Residency]] in Lucknow was besieged by rebel forces during the [[Siege of Lucknow]]. The siege was relieved first by forces under the command of Sir [[Henry Havelock]] and Sir [[Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet|James Outram]], followed by a stronger force under Sir [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde|Colin Campbell]]. Today, the ruins of the Residency and the ''Shaheed Smarak'' offer an insight into Lucknow's role in the events of 1857.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://asi.nic.in/asi_museums_lucknow.asp|title = 1857 Memorial Museum, Residency, Lucknow|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = Archaeological Survey of India|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140627101444/http://asi.nic.in/asi_museums_lucknow.asp|archive-date = 27 June 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | Lucknow was one of the major centres of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] and actively participated in [[Indian independence movement|India's independence movement]], emerging as a strategically important North Indian city. During the Rebellion (also known as the First War of Indian Independence and the Indian Mutiny), the majority of the East India Company's troops were recruited from both the people and nobility of Awadh. The rebels seized control of the state, and it took the British 18 months to reconquer the region. During that period, the garrison based at the [[The Residency, Lucknow|Residency]] in Lucknow was besieged by rebel forces during the [[Siege of Lucknow]]. The siege was relieved first by forces under the command of Sir [[Henry Havelock]] and Sir [[Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet|James Outram]], followed by a stronger force under Sir [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde|Colin Campbell]]. Today, the ruins of the Residency and the ''Shaheed Smarak'' offer an insight into Lucknow's role in the events of 1857.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://asi.nic.in/asi_museums_lucknow.asp|title = 1857 Memorial Museum, Residency, Lucknow|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = Archaeological Survey of India|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140627101444/http://asi.nic.in/asi_museums_lucknow.asp|archive-date = 27 June 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
With the rebellion over, [[Oudh State|Oudh]] returned to British governance under a chief commissioner. In 1877 the offices of lieutenant-governor of the North-Western Provinces and chief commissioner of Oudh were combined; then in 1902, the title of chief commissioner was dropped with the formation of the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], although Oudh still retained some marks of its former independence.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/avadh-english-also-audh-or-oudh-an-ancient-cultural-and-administrative-region-lying-between-the-himalayas-and-the-ganges-i|title = AVADH|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = Iranica Online|publisher = Encyclopaedia Iranica|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141027161219/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/avadh-english-also-audh-or-oudh-an-ancient-cultural-and-administrative-region-lying-between-the-himalayas-and-the-ganges-i|archive-date = 27 October 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | With the rebellion over, [[Oudh State|Oudh]] returned to British governance under a chief commissioner. In 1877, the offices of lieutenant-governor of the North-Western Provinces and chief commissioner of Oudh were combined; then in 1902, the title of chief commissioner was dropped with the formation of the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], although Oudh still retained some marks of its former independence.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/avadh-english-also-audh-or-oudh-an-ancient-cultural-and-administrative-region-lying-between-the-himalayas-and-the-ganges-i|title = AVADH|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = Iranica Online|publisher = Encyclopaedia Iranica|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141027161219/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/avadh-english-also-audh-or-oudh-an-ancient-cultural-and-administrative-region-lying-between-the-himalayas-and-the-ganges-i|archive-date = 27 October 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Lucknow (Baedeker, 1914).jpg|thumb|Map of parts of the Old City and the Civil Station, ca 1914]] | [[File:Lucknow (Baedeker, 1914).jpg|thumb|Map of parts of the Old City and the Civil Station, ca 1914]] | ||
The [[Khilafat Movement]] had an active base of support in Lucknow, creating united opposition to British rule. In 1901, after remaining the capital of Oudh since 1775, Lucknow, with a population of 264,049, was merged into the newly formed United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Lucknow |volume=17 |page=106}}</ref> In 1920 the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|provincial]] seat of government moved from [[Allahabad]] to Lucknow. Upon [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] in 1947, the United Provinces were reorganised into the state of Uttar Pradesh, and Lucknow remained its capital.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://lucknowcity.com/history-of-lucknow.php|title = History of Lucknow|access-date = 24 August 2014|website = Lucknow City|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141204180024/http://lucknowcity.com/history-of-lucknow.php|archive-date = 4 December 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | The [[Khilafat Movement]] had an active base of support in Lucknow, creating united opposition to British rule. In 1901, after remaining the capital of Oudh since 1775, Lucknow, with a population of 264,049, was merged into the newly formed United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Lucknow |volume=17 |page=106}}</ref> In 1920, the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|provincial]] seat of government moved from [[Allahabad]] to Lucknow. Upon [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] in 1947, the United Provinces were reorganised into the state of Uttar Pradesh, and Lucknow remained its capital.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://lucknowcity.com/history-of-lucknow.php|title = History of Lucknow|access-date = 24 August 2014|website = Lucknow City|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141204180024/http://lucknowcity.com/history-of-lucknow.php|archive-date = 4 December 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
Lucknow witnessed some of the pivotal moments in the history of India. One is the first meeting of the stalwarts [[Mahatma Gandhi]], Jawaharlal Nehru and [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah|Mohd Ali Jinnah]] during the [[Indian National Congress]] session of 1916 (the [[Lucknow pact]] was signed and moderates and extremists came together through the efforts of [[Annie Besant]] during this session only). | Lucknow witnessed some of the pivotal moments in the history of India. One is the first meeting of the stalwarts [[Mahatma Gandhi]], Jawaharlal Nehru and [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah|Mohd Ali Jinnah]] during the [[Indian National Congress]] session of 1916 (the [[Lucknow pact]] was signed and moderates and extremists came together through the efforts of [[Annie Besant]] during this session only). | ||
The Congress President for that session, [[Ambica Charan Mazumdar|Ambica Charan Majumdar]] in his address said that "If the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] was buried at Surat, it is reborn in Lucknow in the garden of Wajid Ali Shah" | The Congress President for that session, [[Ambica Charan Mazumdar|Ambica Charan Majumdar]] in his address said that "If the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] was buried at Surat, it is reborn in Lucknow in the garden of Wajid Ali Shah." | ||
The [[Kakori conspiracy]] involving [[Ram Prasad Bismil]], [[Ashfaqulla Khan|Ashfaq Ullah Khan]], [[Rajendra Lahiri|Rajendra Nath Lahiri]], [[Roshan Singh]] and others followed by the Kakori trial which captured the imagination of the country also took place in Lucknow.<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Moments in Lucknow History|url=http://genieforcity.com/lucknow/history-lucknow.html|access-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818085223/http://genieforcity.com/lucknow/history-lucknow.html|archive-date=18 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | The [[Kakori conspiracy]] involving [[Ram Prasad Bismil]], [[Ashfaqulla Khan|Ashfaq Ullah Khan]], [[Rajendra Lahiri|Rajendra Nath Lahiri]], [[Roshan Singh]] and others, followed by the Kakori trial which captured the imagination of the country, also took place in Lucknow.<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Moments in Lucknow History|url=http://genieforcity.com/lucknow/history-lucknow.html|access-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818085223/http://genieforcity.com/lucknow/history-lucknow.html|archive-date=18 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
Culturally, Lucknow has also had a tradition of courtesans,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/8083893 |title=Prostituting the Tawa'if: Nawabi Patronage and Colonial Regulation of Courtesans in Lucknow, 1847–1899 | Zoya Sameen |publisher=Academia.edu |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=29 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208233238/http://www.academia.edu/8083893/Prostituting_the_Tawa_if_Nawabi_Patronage_and_Colonial_Regulation_of_Courtesans_in_Lucknow_1847-1899 |archive-date=8 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with popular culture distilling it in the avatar of the fictional [[Umrao Jaan Ada|Umrao Jaan]]. | Culturally, Lucknow has also had a tradition of courtesans,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/8083893 |title=Prostituting the Tawa'if: Nawabi Patronage and Colonial Regulation of Courtesans in Lucknow, 1847–1899 | Zoya Sameen |publisher=Academia.edu |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=29 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208233238/http://www.academia.edu/8083893/Prostituting_the_Tawa_if_Nawabi_Patronage_and_Colonial_Regulation_of_Courtesans_in_Lucknow_1847-1899 |archive-date=8 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with popular culture distilling it in the avatar of the fictional [[Umrao Jaan Ada|Umrao Jaan]]. | ||
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The major industries in the Lucknow urban agglomeration include aeronautics, automotive, machine tools, distillery chemicals, furniture and [[Chikan (embroidery)|Chikan embroidery]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Economical Report of Lucknow|url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DIP%20Lucknow.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319054233/http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DIP%20Lucknow.pdf|archive-date=19 March 2015|access-date=27 August 2014|website=Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises|publisher=Government of India}}</ref> Lucknow is among the top cities of [[India]] by GDP.<ref>{{cite web|date=28 September 2012|title=The top 15 Indian cities by GDP | India's top 15 cities with the highest GDP – Yahoo India Finance|url=https://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/the-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-1348807591-slideshow/the-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-photo-1348807066.html#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Fthe-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-1348807591-slideshow%252Fthe-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-photo-1348807071.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703081833/https://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/the-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-1348807591-slideshow/the-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-photo-1348807066.html#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Fthe-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-1348807591-slideshow%252Fthe-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-photo-1348807071.html|archive-date=3 July 2015|access-date=29 July 2015|publisher=In.finance.yahoo.com}}</ref> It is a centre for research and development as home to the R&D centres of the National Milk Grid of the National Dairy Development Board, the Central Institute of Medical and Aromatic Plants, the National Handloom Development Corporation and U.P. Export Corporation.<ref name="Lucknow Profile">{{cite web|title=Lucknow Profile|url=http://localbodies.up.nic.in/luck/chap2.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308061916/http://localbodies.up.nic.in/luck/chap2.pdf|archive-date=8 March 2014|access-date=27 August 2014|website=National Informatics Centre, Uttar Pradesh State Unit, Lucknow}}</ref> Lucknow is ranked sixth in a list of the ten fastest growing job-creating cities in [[India]] according to a study conducted by Assocham Placement Pattern,<ref>{{cite web|date=3 October 2010|title=The 10 fastest job-creating cities in India – Rediff.com Business|url=http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/oct/01/slide-show-1-the-fastest-job-creating-cities-in-india.htm#7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609015312/http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/oct/01/slide-show-1-the-fastest-job-creating-cities-in-india.htm#7|archive-date=9 June 2011|access-date=17 February 2014|publisher=Rediff}}</ref> Lucknow's economy was formerly based on the tertiary sector and the majority of the workforce were employed as government servants. Large-scale industrial establishments are few compared to other northern Indian state capitals like [[New Delhi]]. The economy is growing with contributions from the fields of IT, manufacturing and processing and medical/biotechnology. Business-promoting institutions such as the [[Confederation of Indian Industry|CII]] have set up their service centres in the city.<ref>{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Priyanka|date=12 July 2014|title=CII Young Indians unite Lucknow residents to empower women|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/CII-Young-Indians-unite-Lucknow-residents-to-empower-women/articleshow/38268762.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026215833/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/CII-Young-Indians-unite-Lucknow-residents-to-empower-women/articleshow/38268762.cms|archive-date=26 October 2015|access-date=27 August 2014|website=The Times of India}}</ref> Major export items are marbled products, handicrafts, art pieces, gems, jewellery, textiles, electronics, software products, computers, hardware products, apparel, brass products, silk, leather goods, glass items and chemicals. Lucknow has promoted public-private partnerships in sectors such as electricity supply, roads, expressways, and educational ventures.<ref>{{cite web|title=Economy of State.|url=http://www.phdcci.in/admin/userfiles/file/Research-Bureau/Uttar-Pradesh.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224141248/http://www.phdcci.in/admin/userfiles/file/Research-Bureau/Uttar-Pradesh.pdf|archive-date=24 December 2012|publisher=U.P economy}}</ref> | The major industries in the Lucknow urban agglomeration include aeronautics, automotive, machine tools, distillery chemicals, furniture and [[Chikan (embroidery)|Chikan embroidery]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Economical Report of Lucknow|url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DIP%20Lucknow.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319054233/http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DIP%20Lucknow.pdf|archive-date=19 March 2015|access-date=27 August 2014|website=Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises|publisher=Government of India}}</ref> Lucknow is among the top cities of [[India]] by GDP.<ref>{{cite web|date=28 September 2012|title=The top 15 Indian cities by GDP | India's top 15 cities with the highest GDP – Yahoo India Finance|url=https://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/the-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-1348807591-slideshow/the-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-photo-1348807066.html#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Fthe-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-1348807591-slideshow%252Fthe-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-photo-1348807071.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703081833/https://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/the-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-1348807591-slideshow/the-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-photo-1348807066.html#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Fthe-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-1348807591-slideshow%252Fthe-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-photo-1348807071.html|archive-date=3 July 2015|access-date=29 July 2015|publisher=In.finance.yahoo.com}}</ref> It is a centre for research and development as home to the R&D centres of the National Milk Grid of the National Dairy Development Board, the Central Institute of Medical and Aromatic Plants, the National Handloom Development Corporation and U.P. Export Corporation.<ref name="Lucknow Profile">{{cite web|title=Lucknow Profile|url=http://localbodies.up.nic.in/luck/chap2.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308061916/http://localbodies.up.nic.in/luck/chap2.pdf|archive-date=8 March 2014|access-date=27 August 2014|website=National Informatics Centre, Uttar Pradesh State Unit, Lucknow}}</ref> Lucknow is ranked sixth in a list of the ten fastest growing job-creating cities in [[India]] according to a study conducted by Assocham Placement Pattern,<ref>{{cite web|date=3 October 2010|title=The 10 fastest job-creating cities in India – Rediff.com Business|url=http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/oct/01/slide-show-1-the-fastest-job-creating-cities-in-india.htm#7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609015312/http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/oct/01/slide-show-1-the-fastest-job-creating-cities-in-india.htm#7|archive-date=9 June 2011|access-date=17 February 2014|publisher=Rediff}}</ref> Lucknow's economy was formerly based on the tertiary sector and the majority of the workforce were employed as government servants. Large-scale industrial establishments are few compared to other northern Indian state capitals like [[New Delhi]]. The economy is growing with contributions from the fields of IT, manufacturing and processing and medical/biotechnology. Business-promoting institutions such as the [[Confederation of Indian Industry|CII]] have set up their service centres in the city.<ref>{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Priyanka|date=12 July 2014|title=CII Young Indians unite Lucknow residents to empower women|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/CII-Young-Indians-unite-Lucknow-residents-to-empower-women/articleshow/38268762.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026215833/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/CII-Young-Indians-unite-Lucknow-residents-to-empower-women/articleshow/38268762.cms|archive-date=26 October 2015|access-date=27 August 2014|website=The Times of India}}</ref> Major export items are marbled products, handicrafts, art pieces, gems, jewellery, textiles, electronics, software products, computers, hardware products, apparel, brass products, silk, leather goods, glass items and chemicals. Lucknow has promoted public-private partnerships in sectors such as electricity supply, roads, expressways, and educational ventures.<ref>{{cite web|title=Economy of State.|url=http://www.phdcci.in/admin/userfiles/file/Research-Bureau/Uttar-Pradesh.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224141248/http://www.phdcci.in/admin/userfiles/file/Research-Bureau/Uttar-Pradesh.pdf|archive-date=24 December 2012|publisher=U.P economy}}</ref> | ||
Multiple software and IT companies are present in the city. [[Tata Consultancy Services]], [[HCL Technologies]] are present in the city. IT companies are located in [[Gomti Nagar|Gomtinagar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=TCS News & Events: Press Release : Tata Consultancy Services Expands in Lucknow; New Facility Inaugurated|url=http://www.tcs.com/news_events/press_releases/Pages/TCS-Expands-in-Lucknow.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824054055/http://www.tcs.com/news_events/press_releases/Pages/TCS-Expands-in-Lucknow.aspx|archive-date=24 August 2014|access-date=8 August 2014|publisher=Tata Consultancy Services}}</ref> There are many local [[Open-source model|open source]] technology companies.<ref>{{cite web|author=Diksha P Gupta|title="We are where we are because of open source technology" – LINUX For You|url=http://www.linuxforu.com/2013/12/open-source-technology|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302102753/http://www.linuxforu.com/2013/12/open-source-technology/|archive-date=2 March 2014|access-date=8 August 2014|publisher=Linux For U}}</ref> The city is also home to a number of important national and state level headquarters for companies including Sony Corporation and Reliance Retail.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 April 2014|title=Govt gives approval to IT city in Lucknow on Sultanpur Road|newspaper=Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Govt-gives-approval-to-IT-city-in-Lucknow-on-Sultanpur-Road/articleshow/12724665.cms?referral=PM|url-status=live|access-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208233238/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Govt-gives-approval-to-IT-city-in-Lucknow-on-Sultanpur-Road/articleshow/12724665.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> The handicrafts sector | Multiple software and IT companies are present in the city. [[Tata Consultancy Services]], [[HCL Technologies]] are present in the city. IT companies are located in [[Gomti Nagar|Gomtinagar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=TCS News & Events: Press Release : Tata Consultancy Services Expands in Lucknow; New Facility Inaugurated|url=http://www.tcs.com/news_events/press_releases/Pages/TCS-Expands-in-Lucknow.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824054055/http://www.tcs.com/news_events/press_releases/Pages/TCS-Expands-in-Lucknow.aspx|archive-date=24 August 2014|access-date=8 August 2014|publisher=Tata Consultancy Services}}</ref> There are many local [[Open-source model|open source]] technology companies.<ref>{{cite web|author=Diksha P Gupta|title="We are where we are because of open source technology" – LINUX For You|url=http://www.linuxforu.com/2013/12/open-source-technology|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302102753/http://www.linuxforu.com/2013/12/open-source-technology/|archive-date=2 March 2014|access-date=8 August 2014|publisher=Linux For U}}</ref> The city is also home to a number of important national and state level headquarters for companies including [[Sony Corporation]] and Reliance Retail.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 April 2014|title=Govt gives approval to IT city in Lucknow on Sultanpur Road|newspaper=Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Govt-gives-approval-to-IT-city-in-Lucknow-on-Sultanpur-Road/articleshow/12724665.cms?referral=PM|url-status=live|access-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208233238/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Govt-gives-approval-to-IT-city-in-Lucknow-on-Sultanpur-Road/articleshow/12724665.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> The handicrafts sector accounts for 60 percent of total exports from the state.<ref name="HANDICRAFTS">{{cite web|title=OFFICE OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER (HANDICRAFTS)|url=http://handicrafts.nic.in/advertisements/ahvy201112.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116034435/http://handicrafts.nic.in/advertisements/ahvy201112.htm|archive-date=16 January 2016|publisher=MINISTRY OF TEXTILES}}</ref> | ||
Companies such as [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]], [[Karam (company)|KARAM]], [[Tata Marcopolo]], [[Exide Industries]], [[Tata Motors]] set up their plants in Lucknow. Lucknow is an emerging automobile hub. Tata Motors have a plant primarily for light commercial vehicles. It was set up in 1992 and has a production capacity of 640 vehicles per day.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=13 January 2021|title=Tata Motors' Jamshedpur, Lucknow and Pantnagar plants win National Energy Conservation Award 2020|url=https://www.autocarpro.in/news-national/tata-motors%E2%80%99-jamshedpur--lucknow-and-pantnagar-plants-win-national-energy-conservation-award-2020-78222|access-date=4 April 2021|magazine=Autocar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nair|first1=Geeta|date=15 December 2020|title=Tata Motors' VRS may not interest workers at Pune plant|work=The Financial Express|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/tata-motors-vrs-may-not-interest-workers-at-pune-plant/2150094/|access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref> Additionally there is a plant of [[Tata Marcopolo]] in the city. | Companies such as [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]], [[Karam (company)|KARAM]], [[Tata Marcopolo]], [[Exide Industries]], [[Tata Motors]] set up their plants in Lucknow. Lucknow is an emerging automobile hub. Tata Motors have a plant primarily for light commercial vehicles. It was set up in 1992 and has a production capacity of 640 vehicles per day.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=13 January 2021|title=Tata Motors' Jamshedpur, Lucknow and Pantnagar plants win National Energy Conservation Award 2020|url=https://www.autocarpro.in/news-national/tata-motors%E2%80%99-jamshedpur--lucknow-and-pantnagar-plants-win-national-energy-conservation-award-2020-78222|access-date=4 April 2021|magazine=Autocar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nair|first1=Geeta|date=15 December 2020|title=Tata Motors' VRS may not interest workers at Pune plant|work=The Financial Express|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/tata-motors-vrs-may-not-interest-workers-at-pune-plant/2150094/|access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref> Additionally there is a plant of [[Tata Marcopolo]] in the city. | ||
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==Administration== | ==Administration== | ||
=== General administration === | |||
[[Lucknow division]] which consists of six districts, and is headed by the [[Divisional Commissioner]] of Lucknow, who is an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]] of high seniority, the [[Divisional Commissioner|Commissioner]] is the head of local government institutions (including municipal corporations) in the division, is in charge of infrastructure development in his division, and is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the division.<ref name=":22">{{cite web|url=http://up.gov.in/upconstitution.aspx|title=CONSTITUTIONAL SETUP|website=[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831000649/http://up.gov.in/upconstitution.aspx|archive-date=31 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":422">{{Cite book|title=Indian Administration|last=Maheshwari|first=S.R.|publisher=Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.|year=2000|isbn=81-250-1988-X|location=New Delhi|pages=563–572|edition=6th}}</ref><ref name=":52">{{Cite book|title=Revenue administration in India: A case study of Bihar|last=Singh|first=G. P.|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1993|isbn=81-7099-381-4|location=Delhi|pages=26–129}}</ref><ref name=":62">{{Cite book|title=Governance in India|last=Laxmikanth|first=M.|publisher=McGraw Hill Education|year=2014|isbn=978-93-392-0478-5|location=Noida|pages=5.1–5.2|edition=2nd}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/india-2/role-and-functions-of-divisional-commissioner/46672/|title=Role and Functions of Divisional Commissioner|website=Your Article Library|access-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816065354/http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/india-2/role-and-functions-of-divisional-commissioner/46672/|archive-date=16 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[District collector|District Magistrate]] of Lucknow reports to the divisional commissioner. The current commissioner is Mukesh Meshram.<ref name=":022">{{cite web|url=http://uphome.gov.in/DM-UP-Contact.htm|title=Contact Details of Commissioners and District Magistrates of U.P.|website=[[Department of Home (Uttar Pradesh)|Department of Home and Confidential]], [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]|access-date=15 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816061300/http://uphome.gov.in/DM-UP-Contact.htm|archive-date=16 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://niyuktionline.up.nic.in/DOCUMENTS/DMCFileCurrent.aspx |script-title=hi:जिलाधिकारी/मंडलायुक्त की सूची|website=Department of Appointments and Personnel, [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]|language=hi|trans-title=List of District Magistrates and Divisional Commissioners|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210045547/http://niyuktionline.up.nic.in/DOCUMENTS/DMCFileCurrent.aspx|archive-date=10 February 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref> | [[Lucknow division]] which consists of six districts, and is headed by the [[Divisional Commissioner]] of Lucknow, who is an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]] of high seniority, the [[Divisional Commissioner|Commissioner]] is the head of local government institutions (including municipal corporations) in the division, is in charge of infrastructure development in his division, and is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the division.<ref name=":22">{{cite web|url=http://up.gov.in/upconstitution.aspx|title=CONSTITUTIONAL SETUP|website=[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831000649/http://up.gov.in/upconstitution.aspx|archive-date=31 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":422">{{Cite book|title=Indian Administration|last=Maheshwari|first=S.R.|publisher=Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.|year=2000|isbn=81-250-1988-X|location=New Delhi|pages=563–572|edition=6th}}</ref><ref name=":52">{{Cite book|title=Revenue administration in India: A case study of Bihar|last=Singh|first=G. P.|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1993|isbn=81-7099-381-4|location=Delhi|pages=26–129}}</ref><ref name=":62">{{Cite book|title=Governance in India|last=Laxmikanth|first=M.|publisher=McGraw Hill Education|year=2014|isbn=978-93-392-0478-5|location=Noida|pages=5.1–5.2|edition=2nd}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/india-2/role-and-functions-of-divisional-commissioner/46672/|title=Role and Functions of Divisional Commissioner|website=Your Article Library|access-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816065354/http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/india-2/role-and-functions-of-divisional-commissioner/46672/|archive-date=16 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[District collector|District Magistrate]] of Lucknow reports to the divisional commissioner. The current commissioner is Mukesh Meshram.<ref name=":022">{{cite web|url=http://uphome.gov.in/DM-UP-Contact.htm|title=Contact Details of Commissioners and District Magistrates of U.P.|website=[[Department of Home (Uttar Pradesh)|Department of Home and Confidential]], [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]|access-date=15 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816061300/http://uphome.gov.in/DM-UP-Contact.htm|archive-date=16 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://niyuktionline.up.nic.in/DOCUMENTS/DMCFileCurrent.aspx |script-title=hi:जिलाधिकारी/मंडलायुक्त की सूची|website=Department of Appointments and Personnel, [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]|language=hi|trans-title=List of District Magistrates and Divisional Commissioners|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210045547/http://niyuktionline.up.nic.in/DOCUMENTS/DMCFileCurrent.aspx|archive-date=10 February 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref> | ||
Lucknow district administration is headed by the District Magistrate of Lucknow, who is an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]]. [[District collector|The DM]] is in charge of property records and revenue collection for the central government and oversees the [[Elections in India|elections]] held in the city. The district has five [[tehsil]]s, viz. Sadar, Mohanlalganj, Bakshi ka Talab, Malihabad and Sarojini Nagar, each headed by a [[Sub-Divisional Magistrate]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://lucknow.nic.in/administration/admin.html|title=Administration|website=Lucknow District|access-date=15 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828151031/http://lucknow.nic.in/administration/admin.html|archive-date=28 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The current [[District collector|DM]] is Abhishek Prakash.<ref name=":022" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The district magistrate is assisted by a Chief Development Officer (CDO), eight Additional District Magistrates (ADM) (Finance/Revenue, East, West Trans-Gomti, Executive, Land Acquisition-I, Land Acquisition-II, Civil Supply), one City Magistrate (CM) and seven Additional City Magistrates (ACM).<ref name=":2"/> | Lucknow district administration is headed by the District Magistrate of Lucknow, who is an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]]. [[District collector|The DM]] is in charge of property records and revenue collection for the central government and oversees the [[Elections in India|elections]] held in the city. The district has five [[tehsil]]s, viz. Sadar, Mohanlalganj, Bakshi ka Talab, Malihabad and Sarojini Nagar, each headed by a [[Sub-Divisional Magistrate]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://lucknow.nic.in/administration/admin.html|title=Administration|website=Lucknow District|access-date=15 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828151031/http://lucknow.nic.in/administration/admin.html|archive-date=28 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The current [[District collector|DM]] is Abhishek Prakash.<ref name=":022" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The district magistrate is assisted by a Chief Development Officer (CDO), eight Additional District Magistrates (ADM) (Finance/Revenue, East, West Trans-Gomti, Executive, Land Acquisition-I, Land Acquisition-II, Civil Supply), one City Magistrate (CM) and seven Additional City Magistrates (ACM).<ref name=":2"/> | ||
=== Civic administration === | |||
The [[Lucknow Municipal Corporation]] oversees civic activities in the city. The city's first municipal body dates from 1862 when the municipal board was established.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kumari|first=Kiran|title=Urban Sprawl: A Case Study of Lucknow City|url=http://www.ijhssi.org/papers/v4(5)/Version-2/B0452011020.pdf|access-date=20 October 2020|website=International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention}}</ref> The first Indian mayor, [[Syed Nabiullah]], was elected in 1917 after the enforcement of the UP Municipalities Act, 1916. In 1948, the Uttar Pradesh government changed the system from an electoral one to an administrator-run one and Bhairav Datt Sanwal became the administrator. In 1959, the UP Municipalities Act, 1916 was replaced with Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 and Lucknow Municipal Corporation was established in 1960 with Raj Kumar Shrivastava becoming the mayor.<ref>{{cite web|date=24 November 2017|first=Isha |last=Jain|title=Lucknow to get its first woman mayor in 100 years|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/lucknow-to-get-its-first-woman-mayor-in-100-years/articleshow/61775473.cms|access-date=20 October 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> | The [[Lucknow Municipal Corporation]] oversees civic activities in the city. The city's first municipal body dates from 1862 when the municipal board was established.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kumari|first=Kiran|title=Urban Sprawl: A Case Study of Lucknow City|url=http://www.ijhssi.org/papers/v4(5)/Version-2/B0452011020.pdf|access-date=20 October 2020|website=International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention}}</ref> The first Indian mayor, [[Syed Nabiullah]], was elected in 1917 after the enforcement of the UP Municipalities Act, 1916. In 1948, the Uttar Pradesh government changed the system from an electoral one to an administrator-run one and Bhairav Datt Sanwal became the administrator. In 1959, the UP Municipalities Act, 1916 was replaced with Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 and Lucknow Municipal Corporation was established in 1960 with Raj Kumar Shrivastava becoming the mayor.<ref>{{cite web|date=24 November 2017|first=Isha |last=Jain|title=Lucknow to get its first woman mayor in 100 years|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/lucknow-to-get-its-first-woman-mayor-in-100-years/articleshow/61775473.cms|access-date=20 October 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> | ||
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The sources for revenue generation for Lucknow Municipal Corporation include property tax, user charges for SWM, penalties, rent from municipal properties, income from water storage, water transmission, drainage and sanitation, grants, and charges for services such as birth and death certificates.<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 March 2017|first=Priyanka|last=Singh|title=Lucknow Municipal Corporation: LMC targets Rs 22 crore surplus income |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/lmc-targets-rs-22-crore-surplus-income/articleshow/57927515.cms|access-date=2 November 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lucknow Municipal Corporation: Revenue Receipts|url=https://openbudgetsindia.org/dataset/lucknow-municipal-corporation-revenue-receipts|access-date=2 November 2020|website=openbudgetsindia.org|language=en}}</ref> The municipal corporation has the following administrative departments: Health Department, House Tax Department, Engineering Department, Park Department, Advertisement Department, Accounting Department, Property Department.<ref>{{cite web|title=Home|url=https://lmc.up.nic.in/|access-date=20 October 2020|website=Lucknow Municipal Corporation}}</ref> There is also an executive committee (कार्यकारिणी समिति) made up of 12 elected councillors from different political parties, who decide on policy matters of the corporation.<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 January 2018|title=LMC gets its executive committee|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/lmc-gets-its-executive-committee/articleshow/62576912.cms|access-date=20 October 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> | The sources for revenue generation for Lucknow Municipal Corporation include property tax, user charges for SWM, penalties, rent from municipal properties, income from water storage, water transmission, drainage and sanitation, grants, and charges for services such as birth and death certificates.<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 March 2017|first=Priyanka|last=Singh|title=Lucknow Municipal Corporation: LMC targets Rs 22 crore surplus income |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/lmc-targets-rs-22-crore-surplus-income/articleshow/57927515.cms|access-date=2 November 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lucknow Municipal Corporation: Revenue Receipts|url=https://openbudgetsindia.org/dataset/lucknow-municipal-corporation-revenue-receipts|access-date=2 November 2020|website=openbudgetsindia.org|language=en}}</ref> The municipal corporation has the following administrative departments: Health Department, House Tax Department, Engineering Department, Park Department, Advertisement Department, Accounting Department, Property Department.<ref>{{cite web|title=Home|url=https://lmc.up.nic.in/|access-date=20 October 2020|website=Lucknow Municipal Corporation}}</ref> There is also an executive committee (कार्यकारिणी समिति) made up of 12 elected councillors from different political parties, who decide on policy matters of the corporation.<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 January 2018|title=LMC gets its executive committee|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/lmc-gets-its-executive-committee/articleshow/62576912.cms|access-date=20 October 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> | ||
=== Police administration === | |||
{{See also|Lucknow City Police}}The Police Commissionerate System was introduced in Lucknow on 14 January 2020. The district police is headed by a Commissioner of Police (CP), who is an [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer of ADGP rank and is assisted by two Joint Commissioners of Police (IG rank), and five Deputy Commissioners of Police (SP rank). Lucknow is divided into five zones, each headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police. Of the two Joint Commissioners, one looks after law and order, the other crime. The current police commissioner of Lucknow City is [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] SB Shirodkar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 | {{See also|Lucknow City Police}}The Police Commissionerate System was introduced in Lucknow on 14 January 2020. The district police is headed by a Commissioner of Police (CP), who is an [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer of ADGP rank and is assisted by two Joint Commissioners of Police (IG rank), and five Deputy Commissioners of Police (SP rank). Lucknow is divided into five zones, each headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police. Of the two Joint Commissioners, one looks after law and order, the other crime. The current police commissioner of Lucknow City is [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] SB Shirodkar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2022 |title=Lucknow, Kanpur commissioners transferred in reshuffle of 7 IPS officers in UP |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/lucknow-kanpur-commissioners-transferred-in-reshuffle-of-7-ips-officers-in-up-101659339365206.html |access-date=21 August 2022 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> | ||
The district police observes the citizenry through high-technology control rooms and all important streets and intersections are under surveillance with the help of CCTVs and [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone cameras]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucknow Police Plans to Use Drones for Dispersing Mobs |url=http://www.ndtv.com/lucknow-news/lucknow-police-plans-to-use-drones-for-dispersing-mobs-751922 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525141756/http://www.ndtv.com/lucknow-news/lucknow-police-plans-to-use-drones-for-dispersing-mobs-751922 |archive-date=25 May 2015 |access-date=25 May 2015}}</ref> Crowd-control is carried out with the help of pepper-spraying drones.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 April 2015 |title=Lucknow cops get 'pepper-drones' for mob control, surveillance |newspaper=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/lucknow-cops-get-pepperdrones-for-mob-control-surveillance/article7096242.ece |url-status=live |access-date=25 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208233238/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/lucknow-cops-get-pepperdrones-for-mob-control-surveillance/article7096242.ece |archive-date=8 February 2016 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | The district police observes the citizenry through high-technology control rooms and all important streets and intersections are under surveillance with the help of CCTVs and [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone cameras]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucknow Police Plans to Use Drones for Dispersing Mobs |url=http://www.ndtv.com/lucknow-news/lucknow-police-plans-to-use-drones-for-dispersing-mobs-751922 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525141756/http://www.ndtv.com/lucknow-news/lucknow-police-plans-to-use-drones-for-dispersing-mobs-751922 |archive-date=25 May 2015 |access-date=25 May 2015}}</ref> Crowd-control is carried out with the help of pepper-spraying drones.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 April 2015 |title=Lucknow cops get 'pepper-drones' for mob control, surveillance |newspaper=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/lucknow-cops-get-pepperdrones-for-mob-control-surveillance/article7096242.ece |url-status=live |access-date=25 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208233238/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/lucknow-cops-get-pepperdrones-for-mob-control-surveillance/article7096242.ece |archive-date=8 February 2016 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | ||
There are more than 10,000 CCTV cameras deployed by the [[Lucknow City Police|Lucknow Police]] Department across the city roads and trijunctions, making Lucknow the first city in the country to do so.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucknow police deploying smart surveillance system to make the city safer – The Economic Times |url=https://m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lucknow-police-deploying-smart-surveillance-system-to-make-the-city-safer/amp_articleshow/46914134.cms |website=m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org}}</ref> | There are more than 10,000 CCTV cameras deployed by the [[Lucknow City Police|Lucknow Police]] Department across the city roads and trijunctions, making Lucknow the first city in the country to do so.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucknow police deploying smart surveillance system to make the city safer – The Economic Times |url=https://m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lucknow-police-deploying-smart-surveillance-system-to-make-the-city-safer/amp_articleshow/46914134.cms |website=m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org}}</ref> | ||
The Lucknow Modern Police Control Room (abbreviated as MCR) is India's biggest [[Dial 100 Service|'Dial 112' service centre]] with 300 communication officers to receive distress calls from all over the state and 200 dispatch officers to rush for police help.<ref>{{cite | The Lucknow Modern Police Control Room (abbreviated as MCR) is India's biggest [[Dial 100 Service|'Dial 112' service centre]] with 300 communication officers to receive distress calls from all over the state and 200 dispatch officers to rush for police help.<ref>{{cite news |title=UP poised for nation's biggest Dial 100 service – The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/uttar-pradesh/UP-poised-for-nations-biggest-Dial-100-service/articleshow/46993686.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208233238/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/uttar-pradesh/UP-poised-for-nations-biggest-Dial-100-service/articleshow/46993686.cms |archive-date=8 February 2016 |access-date=25 May 2015 |website=[[The Times of India]]|date=29 April 2015 }}</ref> It is billed as the India's most hi-tech police control room.<ref>{{cite news |title=What's inside the 'country's most hi-tech police control room'? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Whats-inside-the-countrys-most-hi-tech-police-control-room/articleshow/46068306.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502094904/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Whats-inside-the-countrys-most-hi-tech-police-control-room/articleshow/46068306.cms |archive-date=2 May 2015 |access-date=25 May 2015 |website=The Times of India|date=30 January 2015 }}</ref> Lucknow is also the center for [[Women Power Line 1090|1090 Women Power line]], a call center based service directed at dealing with eve-teasing. An Integrated 'Dial 112' Control Room building is also there which is having the world's biggest modern Police Emergency Response System (PERS).<ref>{{cite web |title=UP CM lays foundation stone for integrated dial 100 control room |url=http://www.uniindia.com/up-cm-lays-foundation-stone-for-integrated-dial-100-control-room/states/news/313128.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208233238/http://www.uniindia.com/up-cm-lays-foundation-stone-for-integrated-dial-100-control-room/states/news/313128.html |archive-date=8 February 2016 |access-date=29 December 2015 |website=UNI India}}</ref> | ||
The Lucknow Fire Brigade department is headed by the chief fire officer, who is subordinate to the district magistrate and is assisted by a deputy chief fire officer and divisional officers. | The Lucknow Fire Brigade department is headed by the chief fire officer, who is subordinate to the district magistrate and is assisted by a deputy chief fire officer and divisional officers. | ||
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==Transport== | ==Transport== | ||
===Roads=== | ===Roads=== | ||
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{{See also|Purvanchal Expressway|Agra–Lucknow Expressway|Lucknow–Kanpur Expressway}} | |||
[[File:Lucknow roads.jpg|thumb|The roads of Lucknow (Gomti Nagar in picture)]] | [[File:Lucknow roads.jpg|thumb|The roads of Lucknow (Gomti Nagar in picture)]] | ||
[[File:Approaching-Yamuna01 Agra Lucknow Expressway (33198644271).jpg|thumb|[[Agra–Lucknow Expressway]]]] | [[File:Approaching-Yamuna01 Agra Lucknow Expressway (33198644271).jpg|thumb|[[Agra–Lucknow Expressway]]]] | ||
[[File:FEtQacVVEAM12qK.jpg|thumb|[[Purvanchal Expressway]]]] | [[File:FEtQacVVEAM12qK.jpg|thumb|[[Purvanchal Expressway]]]] | ||
Two major Indian National Highways have their intersection at Lucknow's [[Hazratganj]] intersection: [[NH 30|NH-30]] to [[Shahjahanpur]] Via [[Sitapur]] in north and [[National Highway 24B (India)|NH-30]] to south [[Allahabad]] via [[Raebareli]], [[National Highway 27 (India)|NH-27]] to [[Kanpur]] and [[Porbandar]] via [[Jhansi]] and [[Silchar]] via [[Gorakhpur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=National Highways of India|website=Department of Road Transport And Highways|access-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Multiple modes of public transport are available such as metro rail, taxis, city buses, [[cycle rickshaw]]s, [[auto rickshaw]]s and [[Compressed natural gas|compressed natural gas (CNG)]] low-floor buses with and without air-conditioning. CNG was introduced as an auto fuel to keep air pollution under control. Radio Taxis are operated by several major companies like Ola and Uber. | Two major Indian National Highways have their intersection at Lucknow's [[Hazratganj]] intersection: [[NH 30|NH-30]] to [[Shahjahanpur]] Via [[Sitapur]] in north and [[National Highway 24B (India)|NH-30]] to south [[Allahabad]] via [[Raebareli]], [[National Highway 27 (India)|NH-27]] to [[Kanpur]] and [[Porbandar]] via [[Jhansi]] and [[Silchar]] via [[Gorakhpur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=National Highways of India|website=Department of Road Transport And Highways|access-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Multiple modes of public transport are available such as metro rail, taxis, city buses, [[cycle rickshaw]]s, [[auto rickshaw]]s and [[Compressed natural gas|compressed natural gas (CNG)]] low-floor buses with and without air-conditioning. CNG was introduced as an auto fuel to keep air pollution under control. Radio Taxis are operated by several major companies like Ola and Uber. | ||
{{Further|topic=the road and street|Subhash Marg|Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow|label2=Mahatma Gandhi Marg}} | |||
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{{See also|Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport|Lucknow Air Force Station}} | {{See also|Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport|Lucknow Air Force Station}} | ||
[[File:CCS International Airport.jpg|thumb|[[Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport|Terminal-2, CCS International Airport]]]] | [[File:CCS International Airport.jpg|thumb|[[Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport|Terminal-2, CCS International Airport]]]] | ||
Lucknow is served by Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport. The airport has been ranked the second-best in the world in the small airport category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lucknow-airport-judged-second-best-in-small-airport-category/articleshow/51244136.cms|title=Lucknow airport judged second best in small airport category|date=4 March 2016|publisher=TOI|access-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106202202/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lucknow-airport-judged-second-best-in-small-airport-category/articleshow/51244136.cms|archive-date=6 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The airport is suitable for all-weather operations and provides parking facilities for up to 14 aircraft. Covering {{convert|1187|acre|ha km2 acre|order=out}}, with Terminal 1 for international flights and Terminal 2 for domestic flights, the airport can handle [[Boeing 767]] to [[Boeing 747-400]] aircraft allowing significant passenger and cargo traffic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/lucknow_technicalinfo.jsp |title=Airports Authority of India |publisher=AAI |date=20 April 2010 |access-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915095108/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/lucknow_technicalinfo.jsp |archive-date=15 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/lucknow_passengerinfo.jsp |title=Airports Authority of India |publisher=AAI |date=20 April 2010 |access-date=17 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213210203/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/lucknow_passengerinfo.jsp |archive-date=13 February 2014 }}</ref> International destinations include | |||
[[Dubai]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]], [[Riyadh]], [[Bangkok]], [[Dammam]] and [[Jeddah]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.world-airport-codes.com/india/lucknow-4260.html|title = Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport|access-date = 28 August 2014|website = World Airport Codes|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140830103007/http://www.world-airport-codes.com/india/lucknow-4260.html|archive-date = 30 August 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | [[Dubai]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]], [[Riyadh]], [[Bangkok]], [[Dammam]] and [[Jeddah]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.world-airport-codes.com/india/lucknow-4260.html|title = Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport|access-date = 28 August 2014|website = World Airport Codes|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140830103007/http://www.world-airport-codes.com/india/lucknow-4260.html|archive-date = 30 August 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
The planned expansion of the airport will allow [[Airbus A380]] jumbo jets to land at the airport. The Nagarjuna construction company (NCC) has started the construction of the new terminal at [[Lucknow Airport]] which is expected to be completed by December 2021 to meet the growing demand.<ref>{{cite news|title= Pandemic delays work on swanky Terminal 3 at CCS Airport by a year|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/lucknow/lucknow-pandemic-delays-work-on-swanky-terminal-3-at-ccs-airport-by-a-year/amp_articleshow/77906039.cms|date=3 September 2020}}</ref> There is also a plan for runway expansion. | The planned expansion of the airport will allow [[Airbus A380]] jumbo jets to land at the airport. The Nagarjuna construction company (NCC) has started the construction of the new terminal at [[Lucknow Airport]] which is expected to be completed by December 2021 to meet the growing demand.<ref>{{cite news|title= Pandemic delays work on swanky Terminal 3 at CCS Airport by a year|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/lucknow/lucknow-pandemic-delays-work-on-swanky-terminal-3-at-ccs-airport-by-a-year/amp_articleshow/77906039.cms|date=3 September 2020}}</ref> There is also a plan for runway expansion. The airport is the [[List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_India|eleventh busiest airport in India]], the busiest in [[Uttar Pradesh]], and the second-busiest in northern India. | ||
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[[File:Lucknow Metro under operation.jpg|thumb|left|[[Lucknow Metro]]]] | [[File:Lucknow Metro under operation.jpg|thumb|left|[[Lucknow Metro]]]] | ||
[[File:The Lucknow metro.jpg|thumb|left|Lucknow Metro Coach]] | [[File:The Lucknow metro.jpg|thumb|left|Lucknow Metro Coach]] | ||
Lucknow Metro is a [[Rapid transit|rapid transit system]] which started its operations from 6 September 2017. Lucknow Metro system is the most-quickly built metro system in the world<ref>{{cite news | url=http://b-live.in/2017/06/23/metro-man-appeals-people-keep-metro-clean/ | title=Metro Man Appeals to People to Keep Metro Clean | publisher=Blive | date=23 June 2017 | access-date=2 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108110912/http://b-live.in/2017/06/23/metro-man-appeals-people-keep-metro-clean/ | archive-date=8 November 2017 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> and most economical high-speed rapid transit system project in India.<ref>{{cite web|title = Lucknow Metro Rail fastest and most economical project in India|url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/lucknow-metro-rail-fastest-and-most-economical-project-in-india-115111600808_1.html|access-date = 28 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151219161028/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/lucknow-metro-rail-fastest-and-most-economical-project-in-india-115111600808_1.html|archive-date = 19 December 2015|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> The commencement of civil works started on 27 September 2014.<ref name="construct-Sept">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lucknow-Metro-construction-begins-Akhilesh-fulfils-promise-to-father/articleshow/43663937.cms |title=Lucknow Metro construction begins, Akhilesh fulfils promise to father |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=28 September 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002041245/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Lucknow/Lucknow-Metro-construction-begins-Akhilesh-fulfils-promise-to-father/articleshow/43663937.cms |archive-date=2 October 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In February, Chief Minister [[Akhilesh Yadav]] approved to set up of a metro rail system for the state capital. It is divided into two corridors the North-south corridor connecting Munshipulia to CCS International Airport and the East-west corridor connecting Charbagh Railway Station to Vasant Kunj. This will be the most expensive public transport system in the state but will provide a rapid means of mass transport to decongest traffic on city roads. Construction of the first phase will be complete by March 2017. The completion of metro rail project is the primary object of Uttar Pradesh government currently headed by the chief minister [[Yogi Adityanath]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.railnews.co.in/dmrc-assures-lucknow-metro-rail-first-phase-completion-by-february-2017/|title = DMRC assures Lucknow Metro first phase completion|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = railnews|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819130005/http://www.railnews.co.in/dmrc-assures-lucknow-metro-rail-first-phase-completion-by-february-2017/|archive-date = 19 August 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | In February, Chief Minister [[Akhilesh Yadav]] approved to set up of a metro rail system for the state capital. It is divided into two corridors the North-south corridor connecting Munshipulia to CCS International Airport and the East-west corridor connecting Charbagh Railway Station to Vasant Kunj. This will be the most expensive public transport system in the state but will provide a rapid means of mass transport to decongest traffic on city roads. Construction of the first phase will be complete by March 2017. The completion of metro rail project is the primary object of Uttar Pradesh government currently headed by the chief minister [[Yogi Adityanath]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.railnews.co.in/dmrc-assures-lucknow-metro-rail-first-phase-completion-by-february-2017/|title = DMRC assures Lucknow Metro first phase completion|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = railnews|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819130005/http://www.railnews.co.in/dmrc-assures-lucknow-metro-rail-first-phase-completion-by-february-2017/|archive-date = 19 August 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
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Educational institutions in the city include seven [[List of educational institutions in Lucknow|universities]] including the [[University of Lucknow]], a [[Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University]], a [[Uttar Pradesh Technical University|technical university (Uttar Pradesh Technical University)]], a [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University|law university (RMLNLU)]], an [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama|Islamic university (DUNU)]] and many [[Government Polytechnic Lucknow|polytechnics]], engineering institutes and industrial-training institutes.<ref name="Institutes">{{cite web|title=Institutes in Lucknow|url=http://cbhidghs.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/91to100.pdf|publisher=Central Bureau of Health Intelligence- Government of India|access-date=27 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043331/http://cbhidghs.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/91to100.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other research organisations in the state include the [[Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants]], [[Central Food Technological Research Institute]], and the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute.<ref name=CFTR>{{cite web|title=Pursues in-depth research and development in food science and technology.|url=http://www.cftri.com/|publisher=Central Food Technological Research Institute|access-date=24 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801045035/http://www.cftri.com/|archive-date=1 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PG">{{cite web|title=IUET-UG-PG-2012|url=http://www.successcds.net/Entrance-Exam/Integral-University-Lucknow-Entrance-Exam-IUET-UG-PG.html|publisher=Success Cds|access-date=27 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627031623/http://successcds.net/Entrance-Exam/Integral-University-Lucknow-Entrance-Exam-IUET-UG-PG.html|archive-date=27 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> | Educational institutions in the city include seven [[List of educational institutions in Lucknow|universities]] including the [[University of Lucknow]], a [[Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University]], a [[Uttar Pradesh Technical University|technical university (Uttar Pradesh Technical University)]], a [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University|law university (RMLNLU)]], an [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama|Islamic university (DUNU)]] and many [[Government Polytechnic Lucknow|polytechnics]], engineering institutes and industrial-training institutes.<ref name="Institutes">{{cite web|title=Institutes in Lucknow|url=http://cbhidghs.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/91to100.pdf|publisher=Central Bureau of Health Intelligence- Government of India|access-date=27 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043331/http://cbhidghs.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/91to100.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other research organisations in the state include the [[Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants]], [[Central Food Technological Research Institute]], and the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute.<ref name=CFTR>{{cite web|title=Pursues in-depth research and development in food science and technology.|url=http://www.cftri.com/|publisher=Central Food Technological Research Institute|access-date=24 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801045035/http://www.cftri.com/|archive-date=1 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PG">{{cite web|title=IUET-UG-PG-2012|url=http://www.successcds.net/Entrance-Exam/Integral-University-Lucknow-Entrance-Exam-IUET-UG-PG.html|publisher=Success Cds|access-date=27 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627031623/http://successcds.net/Entrance-Exam/Integral-University-Lucknow-Entrance-Exam-IUET-UG-PG.html|archive-date=27 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
Some of Uttar Pradesh's major schools are located in Lucknow including [[Delhi Public School Society|Delhi Public School]] having its branches in Eldeco, Indiranagar. Lucknow International Public School, [[City Montessori School]], | Some of Uttar Pradesh's major schools are located in Lucknow including [[Delhi Public School Society|Delhi Public School]] having its branches in Eldeco, Indiranagar. Lucknow International Public School, [[City Montessori School]], Colvin Taluqdars' College, Centennial Higher Secondary School, [[St. Francis' College]], [[Loreto Convent Lucknow]], St. Mary's Convent Inter College, Kendriya Vidyalaya, [[Lucknow Public School]], Stella Maris Inter College, [[Seth M.R.Jaipuria School, Lucknow|Seth M.R. Jaipuria School]], Cathedral School, Mary Gardiner's Convent School, Modern School, Amity International School, St. Agnes, Army Public School, Mount Carmel College, Study Hall, Christ Church College, Rani Laxmi Bai School and Central Academy. | ||
[[City Montessori School]], with over 20 branches spread throughout the city, is the only school in the world to have been awarded a UNESCO Prize for Peace Education.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.cmseducation.org/guinness/|title = Guinness- City Montessori School|access-date = 28 August 2014|website = CMS enters 2013 Guinness Book of World Records|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140904104334/http://www.cmseducation.org/guinness/|archive-date = 4 September 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> CMS also holds a Guinness World Record for being the largest school in the world, with over 40,000 pupils.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmseducation.org/guinness/index.htm |title=City Montessori School [CMS], Lucknow, India |publisher=Cmseducation.org |access-date=29 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205018/http://www.cmseducation.org/guinness/index.htm |archive-date=23 September 2015 }}</ref> The school consistently ranks among the top schools of India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thelearningpoint.net/home/examination-results-2013/top-icse-and-isc-schools-based-on-academic-performance |title=Top ICSE-ISC Schools Based on Academic Performance (Based on Otherwise Insider Information – Courtesy: Electronic Data Mining) |publisher=the learning point |access-date=29 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807221852/http://www.thelearningpoint.net/home/examination-results-2013/top-icse-and-isc-schools-based-on-academic-performance |archive-date=7 August 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> | [[City Montessori School]], with over 20 branches spread throughout the city, is the only school in the world to have been awarded a UNESCO Prize for Peace Education.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.cmseducation.org/guinness/|title = Guinness- City Montessori School|access-date = 28 August 2014|website = CMS enters 2013 Guinness Book of World Records|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140904104334/http://www.cmseducation.org/guinness/|archive-date = 4 September 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> CMS also holds a Guinness World Record for being the largest school in the world, with over 40,000 pupils.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmseducation.org/guinness/index.htm |title=City Montessori School [CMS], Lucknow, India |publisher=Cmseducation.org |access-date=29 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205018/http://www.cmseducation.org/guinness/index.htm |archive-date=23 September 2015 }}</ref> The school consistently ranks among the top schools of India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thelearningpoint.net/home/examination-results-2013/top-icse-and-isc-schools-based-on-academic-performance |title=Top ICSE-ISC Schools Based on Academic Performance (Based on Otherwise Insider Information – Courtesy: Electronic Data Mining) |publisher=the learning point |access-date=29 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807221852/http://www.thelearningpoint.net/home/examination-results-2013/top-icse-and-isc-schools-based-on-academic-performance |archive-date=7 August 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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==Media== | ==Media== | ||
Lucknow has had an influence on the [[Bollywood|Hindi film industry]] as the birthplace of poet, dialogue writer and script writer [[K. P. Saxena]], Suresh Chandra Shukla born 10 February 1954<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindi.oneindia.in/news/lucknow/famous-poet-of-lucknow-kp-saxena-passes-away-270391.html#infinite-scroll-1|title=Famous Poet of Lucknow KP Saxena passes away|last=Mohan|first=Ajay|date=31 October 2013|publisher=One India|language=hi|access-date=4 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303220102/http://hindi.oneindia.in/news/lucknow/famous-poet-of-lucknow-kp-saxena-passes-away-270391.html#infinite-scroll-1|archive-date=3 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> along with veteran Bollywood and Bengali film actor [[Pahari Sanyal]], who came from the city's well known Sanyal family.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mukhopadhyay|first=Sudhiranjan|title=Hemanta- The Early Years|url=http://faculty.ist.unomaha.edu/pdasgupta/hemanta/articles/early_years.html|publisher=University of Nebraska Ohama Faculty|access-date=8 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716210645/http://faculty.ist.unomaha.edu/pdasgupta/hemanta/articles/early_years.html|archive-date=16 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-16/lucknow/28265718_1_bengali-club-puja-venues-durga-puja|date=16 October 2010|title=Gen X losing interest in Durga Puja|access-date=8 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505044510/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-16/lucknow/28265718_1_bengali-club-puja-venues-durga-puja|archive-date=5 May 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> | Lucknow has had an influence on the [[Bollywood|Hindi film industry]] as the birthplace of poet, dialogue writer and script writer [[K. P. Saxena]], Suresh Chandra Shukla born 10 February 1954<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindi.oneindia.in/news/lucknow/famous-poet-of-lucknow-kp-saxena-passes-away-270391.html#infinite-scroll-1|title=Famous Poet of Lucknow KP Saxena passes away|last=Mohan|first=Ajay|date=31 October 2013|publisher=One India|language=hi|access-date=4 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303220102/http://hindi.oneindia.in/news/lucknow/famous-poet-of-lucknow-kp-saxena-passes-away-270391.html#infinite-scroll-1|archive-date=3 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> along with veteran Bollywood and Bengali film actor [[Pahari Sanyal]], who came from the city's well known Sanyal family.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mukhopadhyay|first=Sudhiranjan|title=Hemanta- The Early Years|url=http://faculty.ist.unomaha.edu/pdasgupta/hemanta/articles/early_years.html|publisher=University of Nebraska Ohama Faculty|access-date=8 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716210645/http://faculty.ist.unomaha.edu/pdasgupta/hemanta/articles/early_years.html|archive-date=16 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-16/lucknow/28265718_1_bengali-club-puja-venues-durga-puja|date=16 October 2010|title=Gen X losing interest in Durga Puja|access-date=8 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505044510/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-16/lucknow/28265718_1_bengali-club-puja-venues-durga-puja|archive-date=5 May 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
Several movies have used Lucknow as their backdrop including [[Shashi Kapoor]]'s ''[[Junoon (1978 film)|Junoon]]'', Muzaffar Ali's ''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]'' and ''[[Gaman]]'', [[Satyajit Ray]]'s ''[[Shatranj ke khiladi]]''. [[Ismail Merchant]]'s ''[[Shakespeare Wallah]]'', [[Paa (film)|PAA]] and Shailendra Pandey's ''[[JD (film)|JD]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Govind-Namdev-shoots-in-Lucknow/articleshow/46723413.cms|title=Govind Namdev shoots in Lucknow – Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521050611/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Govind-Namdev-shoots-in-Lucknow/articleshow/46723413.cms|archive-date=21 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1159999/Teen-Patti-wont-release-with-Paa|title = Teen Patti won't release with Paa|date = 24 September 2009|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = Bolluwood Hungama|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903142630/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1159999/Teen-Patti-wont-release-with-Paa|archive-date = 3 September 2014|url-status = | Several movies have used Lucknow as their backdrop including [[Shashi Kapoor]]'s ''[[Junoon (1978 film)|Junoon]]'', Muzaffar Ali's ''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]'' and ''[[Gaman]]'', [[Satyajit Ray]]'s ''[[Shatranj ke khiladi]]''. [[Ismail Merchant]]'s ''[[Shakespeare Wallah]]'', [[Paa (film)|PAA]] and Shailendra Pandey's ''[[JD (film)|JD]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Govind-Namdev-shoots-in-Lucknow/articleshow/46723413.cms|title=Govind Namdev shoots in Lucknow – Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521050611/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Govind-Namdev-shoots-in-Lucknow/articleshow/46723413.cms|archive-date=21 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1159999/Teen-Patti-wont-release-with-Paa|title = Teen Patti won't release with Paa|date = 24 September 2009|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = Bolluwood Hungama|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903142630/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1159999/Teen-Patti-wont-release-with-Paa|archive-date = 3 September 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url = https://www.academia.edu/492495|title = Cultural Imperialism and Intercultural Encounter in Merchant Ivory's Shakespeare Wallah|issue = 1|pages = 149–167|access-date = 27 August 2014|journal = Asian Theatre Journal|volume = 28|publisher = Project Muse- Johns Hopkins University|last = Venning|first = Dan|s2cid = 163049623|doi = 10.1353/atj.2011.0000|year = 2011}}</ref> In the movie ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]'' Lucknow was used to depict [[Pakistan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmapia.com/published/movies/g/gadar-ek-prem-katha |title=Movie > Gadar: Ek Prem Katha | Movies and Locations | Filmapia – Reel Sites. Real Sights |publisher=Filmapia |date=8 June 2014 |access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221230526/http://www.filmapia.com/published/movies/g/gadar-ek-prem-katha |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> with locations including Lal Pul, the Taj Hotel and the [[Rumi Darwaza]] used in ''[[Tanu Weds Manu]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Adejonwo |first=Damilola |url=http://kanganaranautinfo.blogspot.in/2009/10/kangana-talks-about-shooting-tanu-weds.html |title=Number #1 Resource For Everything Kangana Ranaut: Kangana Talks About Shooting Tanu Weds Manu |publisher=Kangana Ranaut Info |date=26 October 2009 |access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222215801/http://kanganaranautinfo.blogspot.in/2009/10/kangana-talks-about-shooting-tanu-weds.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some parts of ''[[Ladies vs Ricky Bahl]]'', ''[[Bullett Raja]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://videos.oneindia.in/watch/77389/bullet-raja-shooting-at-lucknow.html |title=Bullet Raja shooting at Lucknow – Oneindia Videos |publisher=One India |date=27 November 2012 |access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222041132/http://videos.oneindia.in/watch/77389/bullet-raja-shooting-at-lucknow.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Ishaqzaade]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-07/news-interviews/31304721_1_ishaqzaade-release-preponed |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140217190107/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-07/news-interviews/31304721_1_ishaqzaade-release-preponed |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 February 2014 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |title=Ishaqzaade release preponed|access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref> ''[[Ya Rab]]'' and ''[[Dabangg 2]]'' were shot in Lucknow or at other sites nearby.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Dabangg-2-Salman-skips-shoot-in-Lucknow-Kanpur/articleshow/16383364.cms|title = Dabangg 2: Salman skips shoot in Lucknow, Kanpur|date = 13 September 2012|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = The Times of India|last = Jha|first = Subhash K|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151025221936/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Dabangg-2-Salman-skips-shoot-in-Lucknow-Kanpur/articleshow/16383364.cms|archive-date = 25 October 2015|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> A major section of the Bollywood movie, [[Daawat-e-Ishq]] starring [[Aditya Roy Kapur]] and [[Parineeti Chopra]] was shot in the city<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/spotted-aditya-roy-kapoor-parineeti-in-lucknow-for-yrf-s-dawaat-e-ishq/article1-1152812.aspx |title=SPOTTED! Aditya Roy Kapoor, Parineeti in Lucknow for YRF's Dawaat-e-Ishq |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=18 November 2013 |access-date=4 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508210945/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/spotted-aditya-roy-kapoor-parineeti-in-lucknow-for-yrf-s-dawaat-e-ishq/article1-1152812.aspx |archive-date=8 May 2014 }}</ref> as was [[Baawre]], an Indian TV drama, airing on the [[Life OK]] channel. The government has announced to develop two film cities in Lucknow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.televisionpost.com/television/baawre-bringing-alive-the-quaintness-of-lucknow/ |title='Baawre': Bringing alive the quaintness of Lucknow |work=Television Post|access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808112631/http://www.televisionpost.com/television/baawre-bringing-alive-the-quaintness-of-lucknow/ |archive-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Here are some newspaper companies working and give online news services to the news readers including [[Amar Ujala]],<ref name=NSP>{{cite news|title=Hindi Newspapers|url=http://www.amarujala.com/lucknow|newspaper=[[Amar Ujala]]|access-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602040830/http://www.amarujala.com/lucknow|archive-date=2 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Dainik Jagran]], [[Hindustan Times]], [[The Times of India]]'' and ''[[Dainik Bhaskar]]''. | ||
[[The Pioneer (newspaper)|''The Pioneer'']] newspaper, headquartered in Lucknow and started in 1865, is the second-oldest English-language newspaper in India still in production.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/lucknow|title = Lucknow Edition|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = Daily Pioneer|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140916182750/http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/lucknow|archive-date = 16 September 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> The country's first prime minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] founded [[The National Herald (India)|''The National Herald'']] in the city prior to World War II with [[Manikonda Chalapathi Rau]] as its editor.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.livemint.com/Politics/VT35XNMTv1luHOdj72kmuO/Tracing-the-journey-of-National-Herald.html|title = Tracing the journey of the 'National Herald'|date = 14 November 2012|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = LiveMint and Wall Street Journal|last = Bansal|first = Shuchi|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903124958/http://www.livemint.com/Politics/VT35XNMTv1luHOdj72kmuO/Tracing-the-journey-of-National-Herald.html|archive-date = 3 September 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | [[The Pioneer (newspaper)|''The Pioneer'']] newspaper, headquartered in Lucknow and started in 1865, is the second-oldest English-language newspaper in India still in production.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/lucknow|title = Lucknow Edition|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = Daily Pioneer|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140916182750/http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/lucknow|archive-date = 16 September 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> The country's first prime minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] founded [[The National Herald (India)|''The National Herald'']] in the city prior to World War II with [[Manikonda Chalapathi Rau]] as its editor.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.livemint.com/Politics/VT35XNMTv1luHOdj72kmuO/Tracing-the-journey-of-National-Herald.html|title = Tracing the journey of the 'National Herald'|date = 14 November 2012|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = LiveMint and Wall Street Journal|last = Bansal|first = Shuchi|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903124958/http://www.livemint.com/Politics/VT35XNMTv1luHOdj72kmuO/Tracing-the-journey-of-National-Herald.html|archive-date = 3 September 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
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[[File:Ambedkar Memorial Park-Lucknow-Uttar Pradesh-MA22.jpg|thumb|[[Ambedkar Memorial Park]]]] | [[File:Ambedkar Memorial Park-Lucknow-Uttar Pradesh-MA22.jpg|thumb|[[Ambedkar Memorial Park]]]] | ||
The city has parks and [[recreation]] areas managed by the Lucknow Development Authority. These<ref>{{cite web |url=http://picnic-spots-parks-lucknow.blogspot.in/ |title=Picnik Spots and Parks in Lucknow |publisher=Picnik Spots and Parks in Lucknow Blog |date=12 October 2011 |access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808220526/http://picnic-spots-parks-lucknow.blogspot.in/ |archive-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> include [[Kukrail Reserve Forest]], [[Qaisar Bagh]], Gomti Riverfront Park, [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Park, Gomti Nagar|Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Park]], Eco Park, [[Ambedkar Memorial Park]], [[Janeshwar Mishra Park, Lucknow|Janeshwar Mishra park]], the largest park in [[Asia]], Buddha Park, Hathi Park. It boasts lush greenery, a | The city has parks and [[recreation]] areas managed by the Lucknow Development Authority. These<ref>{{cite web |url=http://picnic-spots-parks-lucknow.blogspot.in/ |title=Picnik Spots and Parks in Lucknow |publisher=Picnik Spots and Parks in Lucknow Blog |date=12 October 2011 |access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808220526/http://picnic-spots-parks-lucknow.blogspot.in/ |archive-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> include [[Kukrail Reserve Forest]], [[Qaisar Bagh]], Gomti Riverfront Park, [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Park, Gomti Nagar|Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Park]], Eco Park, [[Ambedkar Memorial Park]], [[Janeshwar Mishra Park, Lucknow|Janeshwar Mishra park]], the largest park in [[Asia]], Buddha Park, Hathi Park. It boasts lush greenery, a human-made lake, India's longest cycling and jogging track and a variety of flora. The plan is also to set up a giant Ferris wheel inside the park on the lines of London Eye, providing a panoramic view of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://sites.google.com/site/visitlucknow/|title = Picnic Spots, Parks in Lucknow|access-date = 27 August 2014|website = Visit Lucknow|publisher = Google Sites|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141231050900/https://sites.google.com/site/visitlucknow/|archive-date = 31 December 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Kukrail Picnic Spot (crocodile-breeding sanctuary), located near Lucknow Indiranagar Area. This is Asia's largest crocodile-breeding center. This along with a small zoo and ample open space make it unique. | ||
== Sister cities == | == Sister cities == | ||
*[[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]] {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lucknow-chosen-Brisbanes-sister-city/articleshow/4343169.cms|title=Lucknow chosen Brisbane's sister city|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208233238/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lucknow-chosen-Brisbanes-sister-city/articleshow/4343169.cms|archive-date=8 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==Notable individuals== | ==Notable individuals== | ||
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* [[Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab]] | * [[Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab]] | ||
* [[Aminabad, Lucknow|Aminabad]] | * [[Aminabad, Lucknow|Aminabad]] | ||
* | * Colvin Taluqdars' College | ||
* [[La Martiniere Lucknow]] | * [[La Martiniere Lucknow]] | ||
* [[Isabella Thoburn College]] | * [[Isabella Thoburn College]] | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
{{Sister project links|Lucknow}} | {{Sister project links|Lucknow}} | ||
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* [http://lucknow.nic.in/ Official Site of Lucknow] | * [http://lucknow.nic.in/ Official Site of Lucknow] | ||
* [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5D71430F936A15751C0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 The India of the Nawabs, The New York Times, Published: 25 February 1990] | * [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5D71430F936A15751C0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 The India of the Nawabs, The New York Times, Published: 25 February 1990] | ||