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  2. Uttar Pradesh - Wikipedia

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    Uttar Pradesh (/ ˌʊtər prəˈdɛʃ / UUT-ər prə-DESH; [13] Hindi: [ˈʊtːəɾ pɾəˈdeːʃ]; 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 ...

  3. Government of Uttar Pradesh - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttara Pradēśa Sarakāra; 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 ...

  4. States of India by Bengali speakers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by Bengali speakers at the time of the 2011 Census. [1]According to 2011 census of India, Bengali is the fourth fastest growing language in India, following Hindi in the first place, Kashmiri in the second place, and Meitei (), along with Gujarati, in the third place.

  5. Lucknow - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh - Wikipedia

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    The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the Oath of the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh: I, <Name of Chief Minister>, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and conscientiously ...

  7. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly - Wikipedia

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    Website. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. [1] There are 403 seats in the house. Members of the Assembly are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to ...

  8. Demographics of Uttar Pradesh - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic groups. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India with a population of over 199.5 million people on 1 March 2011. It is more populated than the world's 242 countries. If independent it would be the 6th largest country in the world as per Population. At the 2011 census of India, 79.7% of Uttar Pradesh population is Hindu.

  9. History of Uttar Pradesh - Wikipedia

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    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 ...