Lucknow is known as “The city of Nawabs”, it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in India and is visited by many travelers from all over the world. Lucknow is immensely famous for its hospitality and Mughlai cuisine.
Lucknow: Land of Nawabs, Kebabs and Janabs
- Charm of Capital – Lucknow is the capital, as well as, the largest city of Uttar Pradesh.
- Lucknow is India’s second happiest city.
- Nomenclature – Previously it is known by the name of Lakshmanapur. A fascinating journey from ancient city to modern metropolitan.
- Nawabs – Rulers of Awadh were known as Nawabs. Lucknow had the glory of being their capital.
- Begum – Begum Hazrat mahal took charge of Lucknow during India’s first war of independence and led her armies against British.
- Siege of Lucknow – Residency which was the seat of British Empire in Lucknow was attacked and destroyed by rebel forces. The Siege lasted for about 5 months.
- Freedom rebels – Kakori trial involving Ram Prasad Bismil and Afaqullah Khan took place in Lucknow.
- Geography – Lucknow is situated on the banks of the Gomati river and lies in the middle of the Indo-Gangetic plain.
- Nexus of highways – Four national highways originate at the Hazratganj intersection. These are NH-24, NH-25, NH-56 and NH-28.
- Palatial Charbagh – It is the main railway station of the city.
- One of the busiest railway stations in India. More than 300 trains pass from here.
- It is a amalgamation of Mughal, Awadhi, and Rajput architecture.
- Aerial view of the station building shows it as a chess board and the domes and pillars of the building appear to be pieces of a chess game.
- Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh airport is the world’s second best airport in the small airport category.
- Lucknow is soon going to have its own metro rail network.
- Kebabs – This is the world famous cuisine of Lucknow.
- The Tunde ke kabab restaurant is more than a hundred years old and popular for its Kebabs.
- Janabs – People of Lucknow call themselves “Laknavi”. And known for their polite and sophisticated way of speaking.
- Chikan – This is a form of world famous, 400 hundred years old embroidery work done exclusively in lucknow.
- Lucknow has the highest Shia muslim population in India.
- Cradle of art – Nawabs of Lucknow encouraged various art forms.
- Kathak took shape in lucknow.
- Famous Gazal singer Begum Akhtar was born in Lucknow.
- Lucknow zoo is one the oldest zoo’s of India. It was established in 1921.
- Historical buildings – Rumi Darwaza, once an entrance to the city is also known as the ‘Turkish Gate’.
- Bara Imambara – Originally built as an asylum to support sick people, this magnificent structure is the largest hall in Asia without any external support from wood, iron, or stone beams.
- Ghanta Ghar of Lucknow is the tallest clock tower in India.
- Hazaratganj – It is named after Nawab Amjad Ali Shah, popularly known as ‘Hazrat’.
- Naza market is the second largest market of computers and IT goods in India.
- When Britishers took over the city, they developed Hazaratganj and modeled after London’s Queen Street.
- Ganj carnival is organized on the second Sunday of every month.
- Lucknow is growing as an IT hub and soon going to have its own IT park.
- Lucknow is the first CCTV city in India, having more than 9000 security cameras.
- Sister cities – Lucknow has two sister cities, Brisbane (Australia) and Montreal (Canada).
- Lucknow is the 74th fastest-growing city of the world.
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