Police Zones, Ranges and Districts falling under them

#	Zone	#	Ranges	#	Districts
1	Lucknow zone	1	Lucknow	1	Lucknow
				2	Unnao
				3	Sitapur
				4	Hardoi
				5	Rae Bareli
				6	Kheri
		2	Faizabad	1	Faizabad
				2	Barabanki
				3	Sultanpur
				4	Ambedkar Nagar
2	Bareilly zone	1	Bareilly	1	Bareilly
				2	Shahjahanpur
				3	Pilibhit
				4	Badayun
		2	Moradabad	1	Moradabad
				2	Jyotiba Phule Nagar
				3	Rampur
				4	Bijnor
3	Meerut zone	1	Meerut	1	Meerut
				2	Baghpat
				3	Ghaziabad
				4	Bulandshahr
				5	Gautam Budh Nagar
		2	Saharanpur	1	Saharanpur
				2	Muzaffarnagar
4	Agra zone	1	Agra	1	Agra
				2	Mathura
				3	Firozabad
				4	Mainpuri
		2	Aligarh	1	Aligarh
				2	Hathras
				3	Etah
				4	Kanshi Ram Nagar (Kasganj)
5	Kanpur zone	1	Kanpur	1	Kanpur Nagar
				2	Kanpur Dehat
				3	Auraiya
				4	Kannauj
				5	Farrukhabad
				6	Etawah
		2	Jhansi	1	Jhansi
				2	Jalaun (Orai)
				3	Lalitpur
6	Allahabad zone	1	Allahabad	1	Allahabad
				2	Kaushambi
				3	Pratapgarh
				4	Fatehpur
		2	Chitrakoot (Banda)	1	Chitrakoot
				2	Hamirpur
				3	Banda
				4	Mahoba
7	Varanasi zone	1	Varanasi	1	Varanasi
				2	Chandauli
				3	Jaunpur
				4	Ghazipur
		2	Mirzapur	1	Mirzapur
				2	Bhadohi
				3	Sonbhadra
		3	Azamgarh	1	Azamgarh
				2	Mau
				3	Ballia
8	Gorakhpur zone	1	Gorakhpur	1	Gorakhpur
				2	Maharajganj
				3	Kushinagar
				4	Deoria
		2	Basti	1	Basti
				2	Siddharth Nagar
				3	Sant Kabir Nagar (Khalilabad)
		3	Devipatan (Gonda)	1	Gonda
				2	Balrampur
				3	Shravasti
				4	Bahraich

Important Plants and Animals of Uttar Pradesh

Trees: pine, silver fir, deodar, saal, oak, teak, sheesham, mango, neem, banyan, peepal, rhododendrons, imli, jamun, mahua, semal, gular and dhak.

Medicinal plants: hingan, Dhak, rauwolfia, sepentina, hexandrum, viala serpens, podophyllum, aephecra gerardiana.

Large vertebrates: elephant, tiger, bear, neelgai, wild pig, deer, wolf, jackal, fox, languor.

Birds: peacock, porcupine, gray quail, pigeon, swallow, maina, indian parakeet, crow and duck.

Reptiles: crocodile, alligator, gharial, goh, snakes, chameleon and other lizards.

Fish: Rohu, catla, khusa, parhan,patra, moi, korouch and singhi.

Some Uttar Pradesh Cricket Playes

Jyoti Yadav	Gyanendra Pandey	AW Zaidi	Suresh Raina
Rahat Elahi	Rohit Prakash	Shiavakant Shukla	T Srivastava
P Malviya	Pravin Gupta	Avinash Yadav	Piyush Chawla
RP Singh	S Srivastava	Ratnesh Mishra	Parvinder Singh
Praveen Kumar	R Shamshad	Ashraf Ali	Aman Verma
Rahul Prasad	Utkarsh Chandra	Ali Hamid	Yogendra Yadav

Mohd. Kaif

World Heritage Sites in India

• Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh (1983)
• Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra (1983)
• Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh (1986)
• Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh (1983)
• Churches and Convents of Goa, Goa (1986)
• Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh (1989)
• Khajuraho Group of Monuments, Madhya Pradesh (1986)
• Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh (2003)
• Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, Gujarat (2004)
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai, Maharashtra (2004)
• Elephanta Caves, Mumbai, Maharashtra (1987)
• Ellora Caves, Maharashtra (1983)
• Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (1993)
• Great Living Chola Temples, Tamil Nadu (1987)
• Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu (1984)
• Group of Monuments at Hampi, Karnataka (1986)
• Group of Monuments at Pattadakal, Karnataka (1987)
• Kaziranga National Park, Assam (1985)
• Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam (1985)
• Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan (1985)
• Konark Sun Temple, Konark, Orissa (1984)
• Mahabodhi Temple Complex, Bodh Gaya, Bihar (2002)
• Mountain Railways of India, including Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Kalka-Shimla Railway, and Nilgiri Mountain Railway (1999)
• Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttaranchal (1988)
• Red Fort, Delhi (2007)
• Sundarbans National Park, West Bengal (1987)
• Qutub Minar and its monuments, Delhi (1993)

Awadhi Cuisine

Seekh Kebab

Tunde ke Kebab

Kakori kebab

Shami Kebab

Galawat kebab

Pasanda Kebab

Boti kebab

Vegetarian kebabs

Biryani

Rumaali Roti

Tandoori Roti

Sheermaal

Baqarkhani:

Dance and music in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh has given to the world music legends like Anup Jalota, Baba Sehgal, Girija Devi, Gopal Shankar Misra, Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Kishan Maharaj, Naushad Ali, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Shubha Mudgal, Siddheshwari Devi, Talat Mehmood, Ustad Bismillah Khan etc. The legendary Ghazal singer Begum Akhtar belonged to Uttar Pradesh.

Khayal *Naqal - (mimicry) *Nautanki *Qawwali *Ramlila, which includes enacting the entire Ramayana *Raslila *Swang.

Kathak, a classical dance form, involving gracefully coordinated movements of feet and arms along with the entire body, grew and flourished in Uttar Pradesh. Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh, was a great patron and a passionate champion of Kathak. Today, the state is home to two prominent schools of this dance form, namely, Lucknow Gharana and Banaras Gharana.

Famous Muslim shrines in Uttar Pradesh

Moti Masjid at Agra Fort, Agra

Fatehpur Sikri

Sufi saint Salim Chishti's tomb at Fatehpur Sikri

Jama masjid at Fatehpur Sikri

Atala Masjid at Jaunpur

Jama masjid at Jaunpur

Lal Darwaza Masjid Jaunpur (built around 1450 AD.) by Bibi Raji, queen of Mahmud Shah.

Jhansi

Jhansi has Jeevan Shah ki mazaar.

Kannauj

Kannauj has Rauza Balapir / Rauza Mehandi.

Kichhauchha Sharif

Kichhauchha Sharif: 92 km from Ayodhya is the dargah of Sufi saint Saiyad Makhdum Shah Jahangir Asharfi.

Lucknow

Asafi mosque in the Asafi Imambara premises at Lucknow

Bara imambara in Lucknow built by Nawab Asif Ud Daulah

Hussainabad Imambara

Shah Najaf Imambara

Garh Mukteshwar

Magahar:

Kabir's mazar/samadhi

Mathura:

Shahi Idgah mosque

Vindhyachal:

Kantit Sharif

Hazrat Baba Quasim Suleman's tomb at Vindhyachal