Introduction to Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh is a land of cultural and geographical diversity, blessed by a innumerable tranquil expanses of meadows, perennial rivers, dense forests, fertile soil, plays a very important role in the politics, education, culture, industry, agriculture and Tourism of India. A place of gods and goddesses, a land which has a glorious history. It is the land of Rama, Krishna, Buddha, Mahavir, Ashoka, Harsha, Akbar and Mahatma Gandhi. It is a land dotted with countless shrines and pilgrimage which hold a special significance in the lives of the Indian people.
Guarded by the majestic Himalayas in the north, garlanded by Ganga and Yamuna. Surrounded by states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Himachal and Haryana. It has a strategic importance for Indian Defense as it touches Tibet and Nepal on the Northern Border of the country.
The total Land Mass of 294,411 Square Kms, lies at the latitude 24 Deg to 31 Deg and Longitude 77 Deg to 84 Deg East. It is the fourth largest state of India. |
Uttar Pradesh is the essence of India, the image of the nation in a microcosm. Often misleadingly referred to as the ‘cow belt’, it has been the home of thinkers and philosophers, dancers and musicians, poets and writers, artistes and artisans, leaders and politicians, intellectuals and academics. Time stopped to create history on its soil - religious thinkers preached their new messages, emperors wrote love songs in marble, leaders forged a new nation from an old bondage and even the gods frolicked and flirted on this very land. |
