LUCKNOW CITY GUIDE

LUCKNOW CITY GUIDE

Lucknow is the state capital of Uttar Pradesh and is yet another metropolitan city of India which had District and divisions set equally with the other states of the country. It is known for its multi-dimensional culture that thrived on the Northern part of India’s culture with the seat of the Nawab as the sovereign head during the 18^th and the 19^th century. Lucknow is an important location for art and culture , along with education and industrial hub but more with the cultural art and music and poetry. Literature is the back bone for every Lucknow resident with its mannerism as smooth as butter and so orthodox methods of paying respect to every single individual of every age. The way of speaking the colloquial language is regale for the locallites and every person is adept with Urdu because of the heavy influence over the city. Lucknow is based on the northern banks of the River Gomati and is the pivotal point of the Shia Islam in India having the largest number of Shia Muslims residing in the territory of India. Awadh was ruled by the Mughals but later it was delivered and transferred to the Nawab of Awadh. The loss of Bengal in the hands of Lord Clive Awadh came under the rule of the East India Company of the British Empire and it was transferred to the British in the year 1857. Lucknow happens to be the first city in the country to have installed 4000 CCTVs all over the city and it has risen in umbers in the year 2015 to 9000 to keep a check on the crime rate that is prevalent in the city due to the Mafias presence in the city. Along with Agra and Varanasi Lucknow too fall under the chain of survey triangulations to promote more tourism in Uttar Pradesh.

It is believed that the origin of the name Lucknow cannot be traced before the sovereign authority of Akbar in India as the Mughal dynasty spread its wings. Ibn Battuta the famous poet and writer of that era has discussed of the name Lucknow in his writing in the years 1338-41 and also when Lucknow was a part of the Tughlak kingdom and also in the documents found by Abdul Halim Sharar the mention of Lucknow is very much prevalent in his book named Guzishta Lucknow. Hence nobody can trace the definite time when the term Lucknow came into existence. Lucknow became the cultural hub for north India and due to its extravagant nature of the Nawabs it is best known as the city of Nawabs and gave rise to a cult known as the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb.

The Khilafat Movement had its base here at Lucknow which stirred the very foundation of the British Empire. In the year 1901 Lucknow still being the capital of Oudh since the year 1775 fused with the United Province of Agra and Oudh with a total population of about 2, 64,049 and I the year 1920 the sovereign seat of the Government shifted from Allahabad to Lucknow. In the year 1947 after the Indian Independence the United regions were restructured in Uttar Pradesh to be collectively known as the cities of the state and Lucknow became its State capital. Lucknow is famous for the conventional methods of entertainment of the Nawabs of visiting the courtesans who were classically trained dancers and singers and were a source of entertainment to the Nawabs and also not to forget to mention the fictional character of Umrao Jaan from this city for its culturally inclined city.

The city is located on the banks of the Indus –Gangetic plain and zigzags its way into the city by crossing the Trans Gomti and Cis Gomti regions. Lucknow falls under the seismograph zone III which is prone to earthquake. The city has a high level of humidity during the summers since it has a sub-tropical climate with a dry set of winters. The city receives an annual rainfall of 896 millimetres. Temperature during the summer peaks to 45 degrees Celsius and during the winter it comes down to 3 Degrees Celsius. During 2012-13 Lucknow recorded temperature going beyond the freezing point for two consecutive days recording temperature at -2 degrees Celsius.

It has only 4.6% of the forest area in the State which is lesser than the average % of the entire State of Uttar Pradesh. Mango ,Date palms, peepal, Neem are the various trees that grow well in Lucknow and is famous for the Dasheri variety of mango which is a source of export to earn revenues from the foreign land. The Zoo of Lucknow is the oldest old of the country which was opened in the year 1921 and has a variety of animals and trees of various plant kingdom.

Lucknow’s economy is ruled by different structures of industries both industrial and handicrafts are the twin source of economy besides the tourism. The Chikan embroidery has a great contribution into the economic structure and development of the state. This pattern of embroidery is famous all across the globe and is famous for its intricate detailing done by using cotton threads. Contemporary there has been a variation in the designs and the material used for these embroideries. Lucknow is the top fifteen major cities of India by the GDP. Lucknow is the centre for research and development of the national Milk Grid of the National Dairy Development Board and also houses other medical and handloom corporations of Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow now is becoming the hub for various software and IT companies and business expanding institutions like the CII and EDII have their institutions and board of operation based in this city.

The city is well networked by the roads for Four Indian national highways connect Lucknow with the entire country NH-24, NH-25, NH-28 and NH-56. City buses ply in regular interval and also the availability of the Indian Railways make it viable for every individual to reach this city along with it is the domestic and international terminals that connect almost all the major cities of the country and Lucknow is the tenth most busiest airport of India and the busiest airport in Uttar Pradesh and the Second most busiest in Northern part of India after Delhi. There are various places of interest the Ambedkar Memorial Park is of the foremost importance, Lohia Park in the Gomti nagar, Swarna Jayanti Smriti Vihar Park, Janeshwar Mishra Park, Hazratgunj are few other places of interest.