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

Actress who also have done playback singing

• Juhi Chawla
• Madhuri Dixit
• Noor Jehan
• Sridevi
• Suraiya
• Vasundhara Das
• Meena
• Shalini
• Priyanka Chopra

List of Hindu Temples in Uttar Pradesh

• Bhitargaon Temple
• Sankat Mochan Temple
• Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi(Uttar Pradesh, Varansi, India)
• Tilbhaandeshwa Shiva Temple, gauriganja, Varansi
• Kedareshwar Mahadeva Temple-
• pilgrims from all over world.
• KaalBhairava Temple-.
• Mahakaal Temple-
• Mahakaal Temple- harishchandra Ghaat-
• DurgaKunda -
• Avimukteshwar Mahadev (Varansi)
• Shoolatankeshwar Mahadev -
• Kardameshwar Mahadeva Temple-
• Saarangaeshwar Mahadev- Saarnaath-
• Ramjanmabhoomi, Ayodhya
• Hanumangarhi, Ayodhya
• Krishnajanmabhoomi, Mathura
• Anandeshwar Mandir, Kanpur
• Ramkrishna Mattha, Lucknow
• Hanuman Satu, Lucknow
• Gorakhnath Temple, Gorakhpur
• Shri Laxminarayan Mandir Hanumankund, Ayodhya
• Vindhyachal, Mirzapur
• Sarnath, Varanasi
• Hanuman Dhara, Chitrakoot
• Shri Banke Bihari, Vrindavan
• Radha Raman, Vrindavan
• Radha Dait, vaijayanti,Gyan Gudri ,Vrindavan
• J K Temple, Kanpur
• Hanuman Mandir, Panki, Kanpur
• Raj Rajeswari Jai Kela Devi Mandir, Firozabad
• Shree Hanuman Mandir, Firozabad
• Belon Temple, Belon

PRESIDENT'S RULE IN UTTAR PRADESH

SL.NO.	TENURE	PERIOD
FIRST TIME	25 FEBRUARY 1968 TO 26 FEBRUARY 1969	ONE YEAR & TWO DAYS
	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED & DISSOLVED ON 15 APRIL 1968,
SECOND TIME	1 OCTOBER,1970 TO 18 OCTOBER, 1970	EIGHTEEN DAYS
	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED
THIRD TIME	13 JUNE,1973 TO 8 NOVEMBER 1973	FOUR MONTHS &TWENTY FIVE DAYS
	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED
FOURTH TIME	30 NOVEMBER, 1975 TO 21 JANUARY, 1976	ONE MONTH &TWENTY TWO DAYS
	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED
FIFTH TIME	30 APRIL, 1977 TO 23 JUNE, 1977	ONE MONTH &TWENTY FOUR DAYS
	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY DISSOLVED
SIXTH TIME	17 FEBRUARY, 1980 TO 9 JUNE, 1980	THREE MONTHS & TWENTY ONE DAYS
	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY DISSOLVED
SEVENTH TIME	06 DECEMBER, 1992 TO 04 DECEMBER, 1993	ELEVEN MONTHS & TWENTY NINE DAYS
	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY DISSOLVED
EIGHTH TIME	18 OCTOBER,1995 TO 17 OCTOBER, 1996	ELEVEN MONTHS &TWENTY NINE DAYS
	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED & DISSOLVED ON 27 OCTOBER 1995
NINTH TIME	17 OCTOBER,1996 TO 21 MARCH 1997	FIVE MONTHS AND FOUR DAYS
	(LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED)
TENTH TIME	08 MARCH 2002 TO 03 MAY 2002	ONE MONTH AND TWENTY FIVE DAYS
	(LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED)

SECRETARIES / PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES

SECRETARY, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURE)		TENURE
	SHRI WILFRED KING PORTER	15-11-1909 TO 15-12-1928
	SHRI R. B. S. N. GHOSH	16-12-1928 TO 15-09-1934
	SHRI G. S. K. HAIDRI	16-09-1934 TO 31-03-1937

SECRETARY, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE)		TENURE
	SHRI G. S. K. HAIDRI	01-04-1937 TO 25-01-1947
	SHRI K.C.BHATNAGAR	26-01-1947 TO 28-10-1954
	(OFFICIATING ARRANGEMENT)	29-10-1954 TO 08-02-1956
	SHRI D. N. MITHAL	09-02-1956 TO 01-03-1974
	SHRI S. P. SINGH	02-03-1974 TO 31-01-1983
	SHRI B. C. SHUKLA	01-02-1983 TO 30-06 1991
	SHRI P. C. SAXENA	01-07-1991 TO 31-08 1999
	SHRI R.P. PANDEY	01-09-1999 TO 05-11-2002
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY		TENURE
	SHRI R.P. PANDEY	05-11-2002 TO 29-07-2008
	SHRI ADITYA NATH MITTAL	25-05-2006 TO 21-05-2007 *
	SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR DUBEY	30-07-2008 -----

DY.CHAIRMEN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

	DY.PRESIDENT/DY.CHAIRMEN	TENURE
	SHRI ALHAJ SHEIKH MASOOD- UZ-ZAMAN (Dy.President)	18-01-1947 TO 21-09-1948
	SHRI CHANDRA BHAL (Dy. President)	05-11-1948 TO 00-03-1949
	SHRI AKHTTUR HUSAIN (Dy. Chairman)	02-02-1950 TO 20-03-1952
	SHRI NIZAMUDDIN (Dy. Chairman)	27-05-1952 TO 05-05-1964
	DR. VIRENDRA SWARUP (Dy. Chairman)	16-02-1965 TO 12-08-1969
	SHRI KUWAR DEVENDRA PRATAP SINGH (Dy. Chairman)	13-08-1969 TO 05-05-1972 11-05-1972 TO 05-05-1978
	SHRI SHIV PRASAD GUPTA (Dy. Chairman)	06-10-1980 TO 05-05-1984
	SHRI NITYANAND SWAMI (Dy. Chairman)	13-08-1991 TO 09-05-1996
	KUNWAR MANVENDRA SINGH (Dy. Chairman)	06-08-2004 TO 05-05-2006

CHAIRMEN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL of U.P.

	PRESIDENT / CHAIRMEN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL	TENURE
	SIR A. LYALL (President)	08-01-1887 TO 20-11-1887
	SIR AUCKLAND COLVIN (President)	27-11-1887 TO 28-11-1892
	SIR CHARLES HAUKES TODD CROSTHWAITE (President)	29-11-1892 TO 05-11-1895
	SIR ANTONY PATRICK MACDONNELL (President)	06-11-1895 TO 13-11-1901
	SIR JEMS JOHN DIGGES LATOUCHE (President)	14-11-1901 TO 30-12-1906
	SIR JOHN PRESCOTT HEWETT (President)	01-01-1907 TO 12-12-1912
	SIR JAMES SCORGIE MESTON (President)	16-12-1912 TO 14-02-1918
	SIR SPENCER HARCOURT BUTLER (President)	15-02-1918 TO 02-01-1921
	SIR M. KEANE (President)	03-01-1921 TO 18-08-1925
	DR. SIR SITARAM (President) (Chairman)	19-08-1925 TO 00-03-193700-07-1937 TO 09-03-1949
	SHRI CHANDRABHAL(Chairman)	10-03-1949 TO 25-01-195026-01-1950 TO 05-05-1958
	SHRI RAGHUNATH VINAYAK DHULEKAR(Chairman)	20-07-1958 TO 05-05-1964
	SHRI DARBARI LAL SHARMA(Chairman)	06-05-1964 TO 01-03-1969
	DR.VIRENDRA SWARUP(Chairman)	15-03-1969 TO 05-05-1974 11-06-1974 TO 26-02-1980
	SHRI VIRENDRA BAHADUR SINGH CHANDEL(Chairman)	18-06-1980 TO 05-05-198203-03-1983 TO 05-05-1988
	SHRI JAGDISH CHANDRA DIKSHIT(Chairman)	06-05-1988 TO 07-03-1990
	SHRI SHIV PRASAD GUPTA(Chairman)	13-03-1990 TO 06-07-1992
	SHRI NITYANAND SWAMI(Chairman)	23-05-1996 TO 08-11-2000
	SHRI OMPRAKASH SHARMA (ACTING)	17-11-2000 TO 05-05-2002
	KUNWAR MANVENDRA SINGH (ACTING)	06-05-2002 TO 03-08-2004
	SHRI SUKHRAM YADAV (Chairman)	03-08-2004 ------

DY.SPEAKERS OF U.P.LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

	DY.SPEAKERS	TENURE
	SHRI ABDUL HAKIM	31-07-1937 TO 28-10-1939
	SHRI NAFISUL HASAN	29-07-1946 TO 21-12-1950
	SHRI HARGOVIND PANT	02-01-1951 TO 09-04-1957
	SHRI RAMNARAYAN TRIPATHI	27-04-1957 TO 06-03-1962
	SHRI HOTI LAL AGRAWAL	16-04-1962 TO 14-02-1967
	SHRI SHRIPATI MISHRA	19-06-1967 TO 14-04-1968
	SHRI VASUDEV SINGH	25-03-1969 TO 04-03-1974
	SHRI SHIVNATH SINGH KUSHWAHA	21-02-1975 TO 30-04-1977
	SHRI JAGANNATH PRASAD	13-05-1978 TO 17-02-1980
	SHRI YADVENDRA SINGH	05-09-1980 TO 14-12-1982
	SHRI HUKUM SINGH	14-09-1984 TO 10-03-1985
	SHRI TRILOK CHANDRA	05-09-1985 TO 29-11-1989
	SHRI SURENDRA SINGH CHOUHAN	07-03-1990 TO 04-04-1991
	SHRI RAM ASREY VARMA	28-02-1992 TO 06-12-1992
	DR. AMMAR RIZVI	28-09-2001 TO 20-01-2002
	DR. VIQAR AHMED SHAH	14-11-2003 TO 26-07-2004
	SHRI RAJESH AGRAWAL	30-07-2004 TO 13-05-2007

SPEAKERS OF U.P.LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

	SPEAKERS	TENURE
	SHRI PURUSHOTTAM DAS TANDON	31-07-1937 TO 10 -08-1950
	SHRI NAFISUL HASAN	21-12-1950 TO 19-05-1952
	SHRI ATMARAM GOVIND KHER	20-05-1952 TO 10-04-1957
	SHRI ATMARAM GOVIND KHER	10-04-1957 TO 25-03-1962
	SHRI MADAN MOHAN VARMA	26-03-1962 TO 16-03-1967
	SHRI JAGDISH SARAN AGARWAL	17-03-1967 TO 16-03-1969
	SHRI ATMARAM GOVIND KHER	17-03-1969 TO 18-03-1974
	SHRI VASUDEV SINGH	18-03-1974 TO 12-07-1977
	SHRI BANARASI DAS	12-07-1977 TO 26-02-1979
	SHRI SHRIPATI MISHRA	07-07-1980 TO 18-07-1982
	SHRI DHARAM SINGH	25-08-1982 TO 15-03-1985
	SHRI NIYAZ HASAN	15-03-1985 TO 09-01-1990
	SHRI HARIKRISHAN	09-01-1990 TO 30-07-1991
	SHRI KESHARI NATH TRIPATHI	30-07-1991 TO 15-12-1993
	SHRI DHANIRAM VERMA	15-12-1993 TO 20-06-1995
	SHRI BARKHURAM VERMA	18-07-1995 TO 26-03-1997
	SHRI KESHARI NATH TRIPATHI	27-03-1997 TO 14-05-2002
	SHRI KESHARI NATH TRIPATHI	14-05-2002 TO 19-05-2004
	SHRI MATA PRASAD PANDEY	26-07-2004 TO 18-05-2007
	SHRI SUKHDEO RAJBHAR	18-05-2007 Till date

Chief Ministers by State (July 2009)

STATE	NAME	TOOK OFFICE	PARTY
Andhra Pradesh	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	2009-05-15	Indian National Congress
Arunachal Pradesh	Dorjee Khandu	2007-04-09	Indian National Congress
Assam	Tarun Kumar Gogoi	2001-05-17	Indian National Congress
Bihar	Nitish Kumar	2005-11-24	Janata Dal (United)
Chhattisgarh	Raman Singh	2003-12-07	Bharatiya Janata Party
Delhi†	Sheila Dikshit	1998-12-03	Indian National Congress
Goa	Digambar Kamat	2007-06-08	Indian National Congress
Gujarat	Narendra Modi	2001-10-07	Bharatiya Janata Party
Haryana	Bhupinder Singh Hooda	2005-03-05	Indian National Congress
Himachal Pradesh	Prem Kumar Dhumal	2007-12-30	Bharatiya Janata Party
Jammu and Kashmir	Omar Abdullah	2009-01-05	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Jharkhand	'President's Rule
Karnataka	B. S. Yeddyurappa	2008-05-28	Bharatiya Janata Party
Kerala	V. S. Achuthanandan	2006-05-18	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Madhya Pradesh	Shivraj Singh Chauhan	2005-11-29	Bharatiya Janata Party
Maharashtra	Ashok Chavan	2008-12-08	Indian National Congress
Manipur	Okram Ibobi Singh	2002-03-02	Indian National Congress
Meghalaya	D. D. Lapang	2009-05-13	Indian National Congress
Mizoram	Lal Thanhawla	2008-12-07	Indian National Congress
Nagaland	Shri. Neiphiu Rio	2003-03-06	Nagaland People's Front
Orissa	Naveen Patnaik	2004-05-17	Biju Janata Dal
Pondicherry†	V. Vaithilingam	2008-09-04	Indian National Congress
Punjab	Parkash Singh Badal	2007-02-28	Shiromani Akali Dal
Rajasthan	Ashok Gehlot	2008-12-12	Indian National Congress
Sikkim	Pawan Kumar Chamling	1994-12-12	Sikkim Democratic Front
Tamil Nadu	M. Karunanidhi	2006-05-12	Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam
Tripura	Manik Sarkar	1998-03-11	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Uttarakhand	Ramesh Pokhriyal	2007-03-12	Bharatiya Janata Party
Uttar Pradesh	Mayawati	2007-05-13	Bahujan Samaj Party
West Bengal	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya	2000-10-06	Communist Party of India (Marxist)