VIP Road or Parwati Bagla Road (formerly ''Amherst Street'') is a major arterial road in

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

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. It connects Meghdoot Trisection at Mall Road with

Grand Trunk Road Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It r ...

Rawatpur Rawatpur is a suburb in North Kanpur, India, situated about 10 km from Kanpur on the NH 91 to Delhi and 5 km from Kalyanpur, in the Kanpur metropolitan area. The population was 110,000 at the 2001 census, and it has 84% of literacy. ...

. The road has tall, decorated walls on both of its sides. The road houses the bungalows of government officials of the city, including the

District Magistrate The district magistrate, also known as the district collector or deputy commissioner, is a career civil servant who serves as the executive head of a district's administration in India. The specific name depends on the state or union territo ...

of Kanpur District. Elgin Mills, which is the first cotton mill in Kanpur, is situated on this road. Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, the only Agricultural University of

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 In ...

state, is also present here. Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute built in 1914 is also situated on this road. UP Stock Exchange,

Green Park Stadium Green Park Stadium is an international cricket stadium in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Its seating capacity increased to approximately 32,000 after a recent reconstruction. It is the home ground of Uttar Pradesh cricket team. This arena is a ...

, Merchants Chamber Hall of Uttar Pradesh, The Georgina McRobert Memorial Hospital and

DAV College The D.A.V. College Managing Committee, commonly known as DAVCMC, is a non-governmental educational organisation in India and overseas with over 900 schools, 75 colleges and a university. It is based on the ideals of Dayananda Saraswati and Ar ...

are also located on this road at Woolmer Crossing.

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