Lucknow is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Located in the Awadh province it is a multicultural and creative center of North India. Traditionally known as The City of Nawabsor The Golden City of the East. The city is located at the banks of river Gomti. Currently Lucknow is a lively city of north India, rising as an industrialized, business and trading hub of the region. Locknow has a warm humid Subtropical climate. It has cool dry winters and dry hot summers.
The temperature in winters ranges between 3 - 25 degrees and in summers the temperature lies between 25 - 45 degrees. The average annual rainfall is up to 900 mm. According to last census report the population of Lucknow is 45 lacs. Being the capital city of Uttar Pradesh Lucknow has many jobs in government sector organizations. In addition there are many public sector and private sector employment for the people. Now additional IT sector and other software companies have offered more job openings. Real Estate is another booming sector of the economy. Traditionally Lucknow has been a trading town for agricultural and farm products like Mangoes, Melons, Sugarcane and Grains. Small scale industries like Chikan and Lucknawi Zardozi type of embroidery are a good foreign exchange earners. Traditionally Kite making, tobacco products like Kivam, attars, Handicrafts like potteries, earthen toys, silver and gold foil works and bone carving are the major revenue earners for the city. Lucknow is making a bold struggle to hold its past charm and simultaneously acquire current life style, the old lucknowi tehzeeb of Pehle Aap seems to be slowly fading, but some of the old inhabitants still hold those good manners and hope to transmit it to coming generations.
Lucknow has developed in the areas of education, and with emerging IT developments it has come up with many coaching classes and training institutes coaching for banking and other competitive exams. Real Estate business is most promising with IT parks, SEZ plots, business centers, multiplexes, clubs, banks, food courts, entertainment centers and financial institutions coming up in the city.
Places in and around the city: Must see places in Lucknow are Bara Immambara, bhool Bhulaiya, Chota Imambara, Husainabad clock tower, Bouli, Chattar Manzil, state Museum, Lucknow Zoo, Planetarium, Baradari, Ambedkar memorial park, Lohia Park, Haati Park, National Botanical Garden among others. Other places worth paying a visit are Katarina Ghat, Dudhwa National Park, Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary and Samaspur Bird Sanctuary.
How to reach: Lucknow is very easily accessible by all three modes of transport from anywhere in the country. Four National Highways are intersecting in Lucknow hence making it convenient to move in any direction. Railways have a lavish layout of thirteen stations in Lucknow all stations are well connected with city areas by road transports. The main railway station of Lucknow is Charbagh station which is a massive artistic structure built in the year 1923. There are direct connecting trains to all major cities of the nation, like New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore Chennai and all other stations falling in between. By Air there are direct connections to New Delhi, Kolkata, Patna, Mumbai, Hyderabad, the international flights to Dubai, Sharjah, Dammamm, Muscat, Jeddah, Riyadh and Kathmandu are available from Lucknow.
Shopping: Aminabad, Chowk, Nakhhas are the old traditional bazaars in Lucknow. Other markets are Alambagh, Kapoorthala, Indranagar, Mahanagar and Nishatganj. Hasratganj is a new market. Shop for Lucknowi chikan works dresses, Zardozi clothes, and lucknowi artifacts.
Eat: Lucknow is famous for its foods, it has its own nawabi style Cuisine like kababs, naans, parathas, Koftas, Raitas and biryanis, Lucknowi samosa and chaat are very famous snacks. Sweet item of Lucknow is Rewadi, Lucknowi paan is also famous.
Other details: Though usage of Urdu language has considerably declined, the language spoken here is strikingly courteous and graceful, and is admirably noticed by the visitors. The classical Indian dance of Kathak has its origin here. The city is the home to pioneer eminent Gazal Singer Begam Akthar. Other eminent music stars like Nauahad Ali, Talat mehmood; Anup Jalota and Baba Sehgal belong to Lucknow. The city is also the birth place of famous English Pop star Cliff Richard.
Lucknow has always been an influence for Hindi Film Industry Bollywood. Many famous blocked writers like Majrooh Sultanpuri, Kaifi Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Ali Raza, Bhagwati Charan Verma and many other notable personalities hail from this place. Famous mus
