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Uttar Pradesh ( / ˌʊtər prəˈdɛʃ /; [13] lit. 'North Province') is a state in northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world – more populous than all but four other countries outside of India [14] – and accounting for 16.5 per ...
The Government of Uttar Pradesh ( ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of India. [1] The Governor of Uttar Pradesh is appointed for a period of five years and appoints the ...
States and unionterritories of Indiaordered by. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government.
See also Board showing the list of state flowers at Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary. Indian lotus, the national flower of India; List of Indian state symbols; List of Indian state flags
It has been the ruling party in the state of Uttar Pradesh for four terms – three times under Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, the fourth and most recent being Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's full majority government in the 2012-2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is the principal minister in chief of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India , the governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.
The Uttar Pradesh Council of Ministers is the council in 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath since 25 March 2022. As per the Constitution of India, the Uttar Pradesh Council of Ministers, including the Chief Minister, can have maximum 60 members. Currently there are 53 Ministers.
The history of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India, stretches back several millennia. The region shows the presence of human habitation dating back to between 85,000 and 73,000 years ago. Additionally, the region seems to have been domesticated as early as 6,000 BC. The early modern period in the region started in 1526 after Babur invaded the Delhi ...