Kanpur

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Kanpur is a major industrial city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, historically significant as a key site of conflict during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
industrial city
additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu
administrativeDivision Kanpur Nagar district
averageSummerTemperature high
averageWinterTemperature mild to cool
climate humid subtropical climate
country India
division Kanpur division
economicZone one of the major industrial centers of North India
governingBody Kanpur Municipal Corporation
hasAirport Kanpur Airport
hasCantonment Kanpur Cantonment
hasEducationalInstitution Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College
Harcourt Butler Technical University
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
hasRailwayStation Kanpur Central railway station
hasSportsVenue Green Park Stadium
historicalEventSite Indian Rebellion of 1857
historicalName Cawnpore
knownFor industrial manufacturing
leather industry
textile mills
largestCityIn Uttar Pradesh by area and population after Lucknow
locatedIn Uttar Pradesh
northern India
locatedOnRiver Ganga
Ganges
majorIndustry chemicals
defence production
engineering
fertilizers
leather
textiles
notableEvent Siege of Cawnpore
massacres during 1857 rebellion
officialLanguage Hindi
postalCodePrefix 208
region Awadh
Doab
stateCapitalOf none
timezone Indian Standard Time
transportHub aviation
railways
roadways
utcOffset +05:30
vehicleRegistrationCode UP-78


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