Governors of Indian State (30 july 2009)

Indian State	Name	Took Office
Andhra Pradesh	Narayan Dutt Tiwari	21 August 2007
Arunachal Pradesh	Joginder Jaswant Singh	24 January 2009
Assam	Syed Sibtey Razi	July 2009
Bihar	Devanand Konwar	24 June 2009
Chhattisgarh	E.S.L. Narasimhan	25 January 2007
Gujarat	Devendra Nath Dvivedi	July 2009
Haryana	Jagannath Pahadia	July 2009
Himachal Pradesh	Prabha Rau	8 May 2003
Jammu and Kashmir	Narinder Nath Vohra	25 June 2008
Jharkhand	K. Sankaranarayanan	10 December 2004
Karnataka	Hans Raj Bhardwaj	29 June 2009
Kerala	R S Gavai	23 June 2004
Madhya Pradesh	Rameshwar Thakur	24 June 2009
Maharashtra	S.C. Jamir	9 March 2008
Manipur	Gurbachan Jagat	6 August 2004
Meghalaya	Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary	April 12, 2007
Mizoram	Lt. Gen. M.M. Lakhera	25 July 2006
Nagaland	Gurbachan Jagat	July 2007
Orissa	Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare	21 August 2007
Punjab	S.F. Rodrigues	16 November 2004
Rajasthan	Shilendra Kumar Singh	6 September 2007
Sikkim	Balmiki Prasad Singh	25 October 2007
Tamil Nadu	Surjit Singh Barnala	3 November 2004
Tripura	D. N. Sahay	2 June 2003
Uttarakhand	Margaret Alva	July 2009
Uttar Pradesh	Banwari Lal Joshi	July 2009
West Bengal	Gopalkrishna Gandhi	14 December 2004

Governors of the United Provinces of Independent India (1947-1950)

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Remarks
1	Sarojini Naidu	15 August 1947	1 May 1949	acting
2	B.B. Malik	3 March 1949	2 March 1949	-
3	Hormasji Peroshaw Mody	2 May 1949	26 January 1950	-

Governors of Uttar Pradesh (from 1950)

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Hormasji Peroshaw Mody	26 January 1950	1 June 1952
2	Kanhaiyalal Manaklal Munshi	2 June 1952	9 June 1957
3	Varahgiri Venkatgiri	10 June 1957	30 June 1960
4	Dr. Baragula Rama Krishna Rao	1 July 1960	15 April 1962
5	Biswanath Das	16 April 1962	30 April 1967
6	Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy	1 May 1967	30 June 1972
7	Shashi Kanta Verma (Acting)	1 July 1972	13 November 1972
8	A A Khan	14 November 1972	24 October 1974
9	Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy	25 October 1974	1 October 1977
10	Ganpat Rao devji Tapase	2 October 1977	27 February 1980
11	Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh	28 February 1980	31 March 1985
12	Mohammed Usman Arif	31 March 1985	11 February 1990
13	B. Satya Narayan Reddy	12 February 1990	25 May 1993
14	Motilal Vora	26 May 1993	3 May 1996
15	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi	3 May 1996	19 July 1996
16	Romesh Bhandari	19 July 1996	17 March 1998
17	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi	17 March 1998	19 April 1998
18	Suraj Bhan	20 April 1998	23 November 2000
19	Vishnu Kant Shastri	24 November 2000	2 July 2004
20	Sudarshan Agrawal (Acting)	3 July 2004	7 July 2004
21	T. V. Rajeswar	8 July 2004	incumbent

Uttar Pradesh Fairs and Festivals

● Jhansi Festival - March

● Lucknow Festival - November

 ● Jhoola Fair

 ● Magh Mela

 ● Bateshwar Cattle Fair

 ● Holi

 ● Janmashtami

  ● Kumbh Mela

Cities Famous For

Bareilly boasts for its Zari work and Jhumka.

Firozabad, the city of bangles, is also a hub for crafting many glass accessories.

Kannauj is well known for oriental perfumes, scents and rose water and also for traditional tobacco products.

Kanpur is internationally known for its leather craft.

Khurja is famous for its ceramics pottery.

Lucknow, the capital, boasts of its cloth work and embroidery work on silk and cotton garments.

Mirzapur is known for carpets.

Moradabad is well known for its metal ware, especially brass artifacts.

Pilibhit is known for its wood flutes and wooden footwear.

Saharanpur is known all over India and abroad for wood carving items produced here.

Varanasi is famous for its banarasi saris and silk.

Regions of Uttar Pradesh

Upper Doab

Middle Doab

Lower Doab

Rohilkhand

Awadh

Purvanchal

Bundelkhand

Baghelkhand

Languages of Uttar Pradesh

Awadhi
Bagheli
Bhojpuri
Braj Bhasha
Bundeli
Kannauji
Khariboli