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Uttar Pradesh
[oot-er pruh-deysh, -desh]
noun
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
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
The bigger blow would land on households in states such as Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, where remittances fund essentials like education, healthcare and housing.
This site is now in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
This site is now in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
They come from a glittering hoard of nearly 1,800 pearls, rubies, topaz, sapphires, and patterned gold sheets, first glimpsed deep inside a brick chamber near the Buddha's birthplace in present-day Uttar Pradesh in India.
Months later, 10 newborns were killed in Uttar Pradesh state after a blaze broke out in the neonatal unit of a hospital in Jhansi district.
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