Allahabad

E29812
city

Allahabad, officially known as Prayagraj, is a major city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, historically significant as a political and cultural center and as a prominent site of the Kumbh Mela at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Prayagraj 11
Bithoor 2
Allahabad Sangam 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu ⓘ
associatedWith Indian independence movement ⓘ
commonlySpokenLanguage Awadhi ⓘ
country India ⓘ
establishedAsFortBy Akbar ⓘ
formerName Allahabad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prayag
governingBody Prayagraj Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasAirport Prayagraj Airport ⓘ
hasCentralUniversityStatus University of Allahabad ⓘ
hasHighCourt Allahabad High Court ⓘ
hasHistoricalStructure Allahabad Fort ⓘ
Anand Bhavan ⓘ
Khusro Bagh ⓘ
hasMythicalRiverConfluence Saraswati River ⓘ
surface form: Saraswati
hasUniversity University of Allahabad ⓘ
historicalRole cultural center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
hostsEvent Magh Mela ⓘ
isJudicialSeatOf Allahabad High Court ⓘ
isMajorEducationCenter Yes ⓘ
isMajorRailHub Yes ⓘ
isMetropolitanCity Yes ⓘ
isSiteOf Kumbh Mela ⓘ
surface form: Ardh Kumbh Mela

Kumbh Mela ⓘ
Kumbh Mela ⓘ
surface form: Maha Kumbh Mela
liesBetweenRivers Ganges and Yamuna ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Ganges ⓘ
Saraswati River ⓘ
surface form: Saraswati

Yamuna ⓘ
locatedIn northern India ⓘ
surface form: North India

Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Prayagraj district ⓘ
locatedInDivision Prayagraj district ⓘ
surface form: Prayagraj division
locatedOnRiver Ganges ⓘ
Yamuna ⓘ
namedBy Akbar ⓘ
surface form: Mughal emperor Akbar
officialLanguage Hindi ⓘ
officialName Allahabad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prayagraj
partOfCorridor Delhi–Kolkata rail corridor ⓘ
partOfHighwayNetwork National Highway network of India ⓘ
railwayStation Prayagraj Junction ⓘ
Prayagraj Rambagh ⓘ
Subedarganj ⓘ
region Doab ⓘ
religiousSignificance Hindu pilgrimage center ⓘ
renamedInYear 2018 ⓘ
stateCapitalRole former capital of United Provinces ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indira Gandhi → birthPlace → Allahabad ⓘ
Nana Sahib → birthPlace → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bithoor
Kamala Nehru → burialPlace → Allahabad ⓘ
Khusrav Mirza → burialPlace → Allahabad ⓘ
North-Western Provinces → capital → Allahabad ⓘ
United Provinces → capital → Allahabad ⓘ
Ganges → confluenceLocation → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prayagraj
Jamuna → confluenceLocation → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prayagraj
this entity surface form: present-day Allahabad (Prayagraj)
United Provinces → containsCity → Allahabad ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh → containsCity → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prayagraj
this entity surface form: Allahabad Sangam
Chandrasekhar Azad → deathPlace → Allahabad ⓘ
Chandrasekhar Azad → deathPlace → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prayagraj
Allahabad → formerName → Allahabad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prayag
Bengal Army → garrisonLocation → Allahabad ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh → hasMajorCity → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prayagraj
Kumbh Mela → heldInCity → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prayagraj
this entity surface form: Prayagraj
Uttar Pradesh → judicialCapital → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prayagraj
Doab → majorCity → Allahabad ⓘ
Ganges → majorCityOnRiver → Allahabad ⓘ
Yamuna → mouthLocation → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prayagraj
Allahabad → officialName → Allahabad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prayagraj
Dhondu Pant → placeOfActivity → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cawnpore
Jawaharlal Nehru → placeOfBirth → Allahabad ⓘ
subject surface form: Shah Alam II
Kamala Nehru → residence → Allahabad ⓘ
Motilal Nehru → residence → Allahabad ⓘ
Nana Sahib → residence → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bithoor
Swarup Rani Thussu → residence → Allahabad ⓘ
Yamuna → sacredCityOnBanks → Allahabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prayagraj
subject surface form: Meghnad Saha