Uttar Pradesh

[ oot-er pruh-deysh, -desh ]

noun

1. a state in N India: a former province of British India. 93,933 sq. mi. (243,286 sq. km). : Lucknow.

Uttar Pradesh

/ ˈʊtə ˈprɑːdɛʃ /

noun

1. a state of N India: the most populous state; originated in 1877 with the merging of Agra and Oudh as the United Provinces; augmented by the states of Rampur, Benares, and Tehri-Garhwal in 1949; the N Himalayan region passed to the new state of Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand) in 2000; now consists mostly of the Upper Ganges plain; agricultural. Capital: Lucknow. Pop: 166 052 859 (2001). Area: 243 350 sq km (93 933 sq miles)

Example Sentences

This mostly happens in the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

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Officials from the Uttar Pradesh state government told reporters on Saturday three bodies were still yet to be identified.

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Ms Sharma, who works with women in rural areas on health and economic empowerment in northern Uttar Pradesh state, found there was barely any provision for menopausal women at rural government clinics.

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It was a big amount for the family from Muzaffarnagar in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Authorities in other states have also been rushing to test sweets offered at other Hindu temples, including the famous Krishna temple in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh and the Jagannath temple in Odisha state.

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