Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh:
It is the land of epics.It is the densely populated state in India and only China,India as a whole ,US,Indonesia has more population than this state.It is the 5th largest state in area.

UP has contributed to largest number of Prime Ministers in Independent India.The eight former Prime Ministers who represented this state in the Parliament are Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Chaudhary Charan Singh, Rajiv Gandhi, V.P. Singh, Chandrashekhar and A.B. Vajpayee.

Location:It is situated in Northern India.It is important to note that UP is the state in India which shares border with the largest number Indian states. It has 8 states and 1 National Capital Territory (Delhi) as its neighbours. Besides, it has Nepal as its neighbour in the northern side. UP shares the longest border with Madhya Pradesh.The states are: to the north along with the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh to the north-west, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan on the west, Madhya Pradesh on the south, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand on the south east and Bihar on the east.
The administrative and legislative capital of Uttar Pradesh is Lucknow and the financial and industrial capital is Kanpur. The state's high court is based at Allahabad. It is home to many historical cities like Varanasi and Agra. Kanpur is its largest city; other big cities are Meerut, Bareilly, Allahabad, Ghaziabad and Noida.

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Vocabulary

30/09/2009
1)Pertinacious:
stubbornly unyielding or tenacious;obstinate

If you're obstinate, you're just plain stubborn. "Obstinate," "dogged," "stubborn," "pertinacious," and "mulish" all mean that someone is unwilling to change course or give up a belief or plan. "Obstinate" suggests an unreasonable persistence; it's often a negative word. "Dogged," which can be more positive, implies that someone goes after something without ever tiring or quitting, while "pertinacious" suggests a persistence that can be annoying. "Stubborn" indicates a resistance to change, which may or may not be admirable. Someone who displays a really unreasonable degree of stubbornness could accurately be described as "mulish."

2) enumerate:
 to specify one after another ;LIST;name one by one
EX: 1) Get up
       2) Take bath
       3) Prayer
       4) Breakfast

3) illustrate:
   to provide with visual features intended to explain or decorate
   epitomise;

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