Lucknow is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
A major metropolitan city of India, Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous District and Division. It is the 8th most populous city of India and the largest in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow has always been known as a multicultural city that flourished as a North Indian cultural and artistic hub and seat of Nawab power in the 18th and 19th centuries.
It continues to be an important centre of government, education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, culture, tourism, music and poetry.
