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Allahabad
Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrative headquarters of the Prayagraj district, the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India and the Prayagraj division. The city is the judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh with the Allahabad High Court being the highest judicial body in the state. Prayagraj is the List of cities in Uttar Pradesh by population, seventh most populous city in the state, list of North Indian cities by population, thirteenth in North India, Northern India and List of cities in India by population, thirty-sixth in India, with an estimated population of 1.53 million in the city. In 2011, it was ranked the world's 40th fastest-growing city. The city, in 2016, was also ranked the third most liveable Urba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court, officially known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, is the high court based in the city of Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest high courts to be established in India. High court Seats History Allahabad became the seat of Government of North-Western Provinces and a High Court was established in 1834 but was shifted to Agra within a year. In 1875 it shifted back to Allahabad. The former High Court was located at the Accountant General's office at the University of Allahabad complex. It was founded as the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces at Agra on 17 March 1866 by the Indian High Courts Act 1861 replacing the old Sadr Diwani Adalat. Sir Walter Morgan, Barrister-at-Law and Mr. Simpson were appointed the first Chief Justice and the first Registrar respectively of the High Court of North-Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
University Of Allahabad
The University of Allahabad is a Central university (India), Central University located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 23 September 1887 by an act of Parliament and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance (INI). It is the 4th oldest modern University in India. Its origins lie in the Muir Central College, named after List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces, Lt. Governor of North-Western Provinces Sir William Muir in 1873, who suggested the idea of a Central University at Allahabad, which later evolved to the present university. Its Central University (India), Central University status was re-established through the University of Allahabad Act 2005 by the Parliament of India. History The foundation stone of the Muir Central College was laid by Governor-General of India, Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Lord Northbrook on 9 December 1873. The college was named after Sir William Muir, Lt. Governor of United Province, who wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in India as well as the List of first-level administrative divisions by population, most populous country subdivision in the world – more populous than List of countries and dependencies by population, all but four other countries outside of India (China, United States, Indonesia, and Pakistan) – and accounting for 16.5 percent of the population of India or around 3 percent of the total world population. The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the west, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi to the northwest, Uttarakhand and Nepal to the north, Bihar to the east, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to the south. It is the List of states of India by area, fourth-largest Indian state by area covering , accounting for 7.3 percent of the total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Prayagraj District
Prayagraj district, formerly known as Allahabad district, is the most populous Districts of Uttar Pradesh, district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Prayagraj city is the district headquarters of this district. The District is divided into blocks within Administrative divisions of India#Sub-districts, tehsils. As of 2011, there are 20 blocks in eight tehsils. The Prayagraj division includes the districts of Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Kaushambi district, Kaushambi and Prayagraj, with some western parts that had previously part of Allahabad District becoming part of the new Kaushambi district, Kaushambi District. The administrative divisions are Phulpur, Prayagraj, Phulpur, Koraon, Meja Tehsil, Meja, Sadar, Prayagraj, Sadar, Soraon, Handia, Uttar Pradesh, Handia, Bara, Prayagraj, Bara, Shringverpur and Karchana. The three rivers of India - Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical river of Sarasvati river, Sarasvati - meet at a point in the district, known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Prayagraj Division
Prayagraj division, formerly known as Allahabad division, is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with the city of Prayagraj being the administrative divisional headquarters. In 2000, when Uttar Pradesh was reorganised by forming Uttaranchal out of its northern areas, Allahabad division and the district was majorly reorganised too. The Etawah, Farrukhabad, Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat districts of the Allahabad division were made into a separate Kanpur division. Parts of the western areas of Allahabad district were carved out to create a new district named Kaushambi. At the same time, Pratapgarh district, that falls in the Awadh region, was included in the Allahabad division. Since 2000, Prayagraj division consists of the following districts:- * Prayagraj * Fatehpur * Kaushambi * Pratapgarh Prior to 2000, Allahabad division consisted of all the districts of the lower Doab:- * Allahabad * Etawah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Khusro Bagh
Khusro Bagh is a large walled garden and burial complex located in ''muhalla'' Khuldabad, close to the Prayagraj Junction railway station, in Prayagraj, India. It is roughly 6 km from the Akbar fort (built-in r. 1556–1605). It is situated over forty acres and shaped like a quadrangle. It is listed as an Indian Site of National Importance. It includes the four tombs: * Shah Begum (born Manbhawati Bai) (d. 1604), Jahangir's wife, and the daughter of Raja Bhagwant Das and Khusrau Mirza's (d. 1622) mother * Khusrau Mirza, Jahangir's eldest son and briefly heir apparent to the Mughal throne * Nithar Begum (born Sultan-un-Nissa) (d. 1646), Khusrau Mirza's sister and Jahangir's daughter *Bibi Tamolan's tomb Architecture The four sandstone mausoleums within this walled garden, present an exquisite example of Mughal architecture. The design of its main entrance, the surrounding gardens, and the three-tier tomb of Shah Begum, who died in 1604, has been attributed to ''Aqa Reza' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thornhill Mayne Memorial
Allahabad Public Library, also known as Thornhill Mayne Memorial, is a public library situated at Chandrashekhar Azad Park in Prayagraj, India. History Established in 1864, it is the biggest library in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The building was designed by Richard Roskell Bayne and is considered a remarkable example of Scottish Baronial Revival architecture. The monument served as the house of legislative assembly in the British Raj when Allahabad was the capital of the United Provinces. In 1879, the Public library was shifted to the present premises at Chandrashekhar Azad Park. Holdings The library has an approximate collection of 125,000 books, 40 types of magazines, and 28 different newspapers in Hindi, English, Urdu and Bangla and it also contains 21 Arabic manuscripts. It also has a collection of old government publications, parliamentary papers, and blue books of the 19th century, and old manuscripts and journals. Building The building known as Thornhill Mayne M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ujjwal Raman Singh
Ujjwal Raman Singh is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress. He is currently serving Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Allahabad. He was former Cabinet Minister Environment Department in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2004 to 2007 and 2013 to 2017 from Karachana. He represented the Karachana constituency of Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Samajwadi Party. Ujjwal Raman Singh is the son of senior Samajwadi Party leader Rewati Raman Singh. On 2 April 2024 he joined Indian National Congress. He was elected to 18th Lok Sabha from Prayagraj. Political career Ujjwal Raman Singh was elected as an MLA from Karachana in 2004 on Samajwadi Party's ticket as his father left the seat after becoming an MP. Singh had also served the state as the environment minister in Mulayam Singh Yadav's government and launched Compressed natural gas in Agra, Lucknow and Kanpur. He also served as Chairman of 'Beej Vikas Nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
All Saints Cathedral, Allahabad
All Saints' Cathedral, also known as Patthar Girja (Church of Stones), is a United Protestant cathedral located in Prayagraj, India; it belongs to the Church of North India. Modelled after 13th-century Gothic style churches, it is among the Gothic Revival buildings built by the British during their rule in India. British architect Sir William Emerson, who also designed the Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, designed the cathedral in 1871. It was consecrated in 1887 and was completed four years later. The church celebrates its anniversary on All Saints' Day (1 November) and has been part of the Church of North India since 1970. The cathedral is at the centre of a large open space at the crossing of two of the principal roads of Prayagraj, MG Marg and SN Marg. History The land for the cathedral was granted by Sir William Muir, the lieutenant governor of the North Western Provinces; thereafter Elizabeth Huntly Wemyss, his wife, laid the foundation stone on 10 April 1871. British a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chandrashekhar Azad Park
Chandra Shekhar Azad Park (also known by its former name Alfred Park, and Company Bagh during the Company Raj) is a public park in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Built in 1870 to mark Prince Alfred's visit to the city, with an area of 133 acres, it is the biggest park in Prayagraj. It was renamed by the Uttar Pradesh Government after revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad, who sacrificed his life here during the Indian independence movement in 1931. History In 1870, old cantonments were transformed into a park when, after the Rebellion of 1857, new areas were developed. Location The park is in the Georgetown neighborhood and is surrounded by Tagoretown, Civil Lines and the University of Allahabad. Its coordinates are . Landmarks Being a big park it has some very important heritage and recreational sites. *Chandra Shekhar Azad Memorial, where Azad sacrificed his life *Victoria Memorial. Large canopy made of Italian limestone, dedicated to Queen Victoria. It was opened on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Prayagraj Municipal Corporation
Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (formerly known as Allahabad Municipal Corporation) is the governing civic body of Prayagraj Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ... city in Uttar Pradesh. It is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city. It was established in 1863 as the ''Municipal Board of Allahabad'' under the act of 26 of 1850. The board was changed to corporation in 1959. It administers an area of . List of Mayors Election Results References Municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh Government of Prayagraj 1863 establishments in India 1959 establishments in Uttar Pradesh {{Municipal Corporations in Uttar Pradesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Civil Lines, Allahabad
Civil Lines (formerly Cannington also Canning Town) is a Civil Lines neighborhood of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the upper-class central business district of the city and is famous for its urban setting, gridiron plan roads high rise buildings, offices, cafes, restaurants, hotels, malls, shopping complexes, theatres etc. Built in 1857, under the supervision of Cuthbert Bensley Thornhill, it was the largest town-planning project carried out in India before the establishment of New Delhi. History Civil Lines was built in 1858 a few months after the end of the Rebellion of 1857, when around 600 Meo people were massacred by the British East India Company's (private) Bengal Army under Colonel Neil, in retaliation for their alliance with the Indian Independence Movement activists and eight villages were seized to form a new township. During the early period of its development it was referred to as the White Town of the city as it was predominated by the British people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
