Lucknow (ind)

Lucknow

Lucknow ranks 2,027th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Barcelos, Portugal, Bila Tserkva, and Šiauliai. Memorable people born in Lucknow include Cliff Richard, Mohammad Hidayatullah, and Amrit Kaur. Memorable people who died in Lucknow include Sarojini Naidu, Motilal Nehru, and Mir Taqi Mir. Lucknow has been the birth place of many musicians and politicians and the death place of many writers and politicians. Lucknow is located in India.

Lucknow is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division. Having a population of 2.8 million as per 2011 census, it is the eleventh most populous city and the twelfth-most populous urban agglomeration of India. Lucknow has always been a multicultural city that flourished as a North Indian cultural and artistic hub, and the seat of power of Nawabs in the 18th and 19th centuries. It continues to be an important centre of governance, administration, education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, information technology, design, culture, tourism, music, and poetry. Read more on Wikipedia