Uttar Pradesh

American  

[oot-er pruh-daysh, -desh] / ˈʊt ər prəˈdeɪʃ, -ˈdɛʃ /

noun

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

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Uttar Pradesh British  

/ 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)

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Uttar Pradesh

There are no official figures, but Khan says community records identify about 400 Madari families in Delhi, with hundreds more in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I face no troubles here," said Mohammad Iqbal, a 53-year-old painter from Uttar Pradesh state who has worked in Kashmir since before the insurgency began and is now accompanied by his son.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Kumar, the BJP social-media worker in Uttar Pradesh, said that when women apologized on social media, he deleted his tweets about them and no further action was pursued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Uttar Pradesh is slated to hold assembly polls early next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Bowls of rice as big as Uttar Pradesh.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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