Kanpur or Cawnpore (
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Uttar Pradesh
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, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations of
British India
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. Kanpur is also the financial capital of Uttar Pradesh. Nestled on the banks of
Ganges River, Kanpur stands as the major financial and industrial centre of
North India
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and also the ninth-largest urban economy in India.
Today it is famous for its colonial architecture, gardens, parks and fine quality
leather
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,
plastic
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and
textile
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products which are exported mainly to the
West.
It is the
12th most populous city and the
11th most populous urban agglomeration in India. Kanpur was an important British
garrison town until 1947, when India gained independence. The urban district of
Kanpur ''Nagar'' serves as the headquarters of the
Kanpur Division, Kanpur Range and Kanpur Zone.
With the first woollen mill of
India
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, commonly known as the Lal Imli (''literally meaning "Red Tamarind"'', for a brand produced by the mill) by the
British India Corporation
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established here in 1876 by
Alexander MacRobert. The eastern and northern
facades of the mill are reminiscent of the
Palace of Westminster, due to their architecture, proximity to the
Ganges
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river and with the north-east corner of the mill being topped by a clock tower similar to
Big Ben in
London
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. This similarity underscores the city's importance and prestige during the
British times, which extends till date; making the Lal Imli — a great highlight of the city. The city is also widely regarded as the ''"Leather City of the World"'' and is predominantly nicknamed as the ''"Manchester of the East"'', for its chemical, textile and leather industries.
According to 2011 Indian census, it is the
eleventh most populous urban city and the largest urban agglomeration in
Uttar Pradesh
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while the population of city and its suburb were around 5 million making it the
eighth-most populous metropolitan area in India. Furthermore, it is considered the
world's most polluted city by particulate matter concentration. In 2018, Kanpur was considered by the
World Health Organization
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as the city with the world's worst air pollution.
History
In 1207, Raja Kanh Deo of the
Kanhpuriya
Kanhpuria or Kanhvanshi is a Dynasty of KSHATRIYA. Maharaja Kanh (Kanhdev) was the originator of this dynasty, whose empire was spread over the districts of Awadh and established the capital of his empire by establishing Kanhpur on the banks of th ...
clan of
Rajput
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s established the city of Kanhpur and made it his capital, which later came to be known as Kanpur.
1857 Uprising
left, Kanpur from the river in 1858
In the 19th century, Cawnpore was an important
British garrison with barracks for 7,000 soldiers. During the First Indian War of Independence of 1857, 900 British men, women and children
were besieged in the fortifications for 22 days by rebels under
Nana Sahib Peshwa
Baji Bajirao (8 December 1720 – 23 June 1761), also known as Nana Saheb I, was the 8th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire, Maratha Confederacy in India. He was appointed as Peshwa in 1740 upon the death of his illustrious father, the Peshwa Ba ...
. They surrendered on the agreement that they would get safe passage to the nearby
Satti Chaura Ghat
Satti Chaura Ghat (''Satī Caurā Ghāţ'') or Massacre Ghat is a famous ghat in Kanpur, the industrial hub of Uttar Pradesh state in north India. It is located on the bank of the River Ganges in Kanpur Cantonment near Jajmau.
Geography
The gha ...
whereupon they would board barges and be allowed to go by river to
Allahabad.
Though controversy surrounds what exactly happened at the Satti Chaura Ghat, and who fired the first shot, it is known that, soon afterwards, the departing British were shot at by the sepoys and were either killed or captured. Some of the British officers later claimed that the sepoys had, on purpose, placed the boats as high in the mud as possible, to cause delay. They also claimed that
Nana Sahib's camp had previously arranged for the sepoys to fire upon and kill all the English. Although the East India Company later accused Nana Sahib of betrayal and murder of innocent people, no evidence has ever been found to prove that
Nana Sahib had pre-planned or ordered the
massacre
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. Some historians believe that the
Satti Chaura Ghat massacre
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was the result of confusion, and not of any plan implemented by Nana Sahib and his associates. Lieutenant Mowbray Thomson, one of the four male survivors of the massacre, believed that the rank-and-file sepoys who spoke to him did not know of the killing to come.
Many were killed and the remaining 200 British women and children were brought back to shore and sent to a building called the
Bibighar (the ladies' home). After some time, the commanders of the rebels decided to kill their hostages. The rebel soldiers refused to carry out orders and
butchers from the nearby town were brought in to kill the hostages three days before the British entered the city on 18 July. The dismembered bodies were thrown into a deep well nearby. The British under
General Neill
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retook the city and committed a series of retaliations against the rebel Sepoys and those civilians caught in the area, including women, children and old men. The
Cawnpore Massacre
The siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian rebellion of 1857. The besieged East India Company forces and civilians in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) were unprepared for an extended siege and surrendered to rebel forces under Nana Sahib in retu ...
, as well as similar events elsewhere, were seen by the British as justification for unrestrained vengeance. "Remember Cawnpore" became a British war cry for the rest of the war.
Urban infrastructure
The metropolitan region defined under JNNURM by Kanpur Nagar Nigam, includes the Kanpur Nagar Nigam area, 8 kilometres around KNN boundary and newly included 47 villages of
Unnao district on the north-eastern side, it extends to Murtaza Nagar, in the west its limit is up to
Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat
Akbarpur is a town in Kanpur Dehat district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Demographics
India census, Akbarpur had a population of 17,368. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Akbarpur has an average literacy rate ...
Nagar Panchayat limit, on the eastern side the limit has been expanded on the road leading to Fatehpur and in extended up to. The metropolitan region area includes the area of
Shuklaganj
Shuklaganj (officially Gangaghat) is situated in Unnao district, but it is also considered as a suburb of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, located on the banks of holy river Ganges about 5 km from Kanpur on the SH 58 to Unnao.The population was 37 ...
Municipal Committee (Nagar Palika), Unnao Municipal Committee (Nagar Palika), Akbarpur Village Authority (Nagar Panchayat) and
Bithoor
Bithoor or Bithur is a town in Kanpur District, by road north of the centre of Kanpur city, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Bithoor is situated on the right bank of the River Ganges, and is a centre of Hindu pilgrimage. . Bithoor is also the centre ...
Village Authority (Nagar Panchayat) area.
In 1997–98, total metropolitan region area has increased to 89131.15 hectare out of which 4,743.9 hectare (5.31%) was non-defined (prohibited area) and rest 29,683 hectare and 54,704 hectare (61.39%) was urban and rural area respectively.
Climate
Like most of lowland northern India, Kanpur has a monsoon-influenced
hot semi-arid climate (''BSh'') under the
Köppen climate classification
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.
Demographics
As per the provisional results of 2011 census, Kanpur city has a population of 4,581,000.
The literacy rate was 79.65 per cent and sex ratio was 862.
There are 35
Parsis in Kanpur with their
Fire temple at
The Mall.
Hinduism is a majority in Kanpur with a sizeable minority of
Muslims
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. Sikhs, Christians and Buddhists are below 2 percent.
Hindi
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and
are the predominant languages in the city.
Punjabi
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* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
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* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
is spoken by 1.25%, while
Bengali
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* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
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is spoken by over 11,000 people in the city.
Government and politics
Administration
General administration
Kanpur division which consists of seven districts, and is headed by the
divisional commissioner of Kanpur, who is an
Indian Administrative Service
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(IAS) officer of high seniority, the
commissioner is the head of local government institutions (including municipal corporations) in the division, is in charge of infrastructure development in his division, and is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the division.
The
district magistrate
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of Kanpur reports to the
divisional commissioner. The current
commissioner is Dr. Raj Shekhar.
Kanpur district administration is headed by the
district magistrate
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of Kanpur, who is an
IAS officer
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. The DM is in charge of property records and revenue collection for the central government and oversees the
elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
held in the city.
The DM is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the city.
The DM is assisted by a chief development officer; four additional district magistrates for finance/revenue, city, land acquisition, and civil supply; one city magistrat; and seven additional city magistrates.
The district has three
tehsil
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s viz. Sadar, Bilhaur and Ghatampur, each headed by a
sub-divisional magistrate.
The current DM is Mr. Vishak G
Civic Administration
Kanpur municipality was established on 22 November 1861, and was upgraded to a municipal corporation in 1959.
The local government of Kanpur is governed under the Municipal act for the state, Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959.
The area under the municipal limits of Kanpur city, or Kanpur Municipal Corporation, is spread over an area of 260 square km.
It oversees civic activities in the city. The head of the corporation is the mayor, but the executive and administration of the corporation are the responsibility of the
municipal commissioner, who is an
Uttar Pradesh government
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-appointed
Provincial Civil Service officer of high seniority.
The executive wing is headed by municipal commissioner, Avinash Singh
and has the following departments: Revenue, City Cleansing, Engineering, Marg Prakash, Health, Accounts, Personnel/HRD, Swasthya Vibhag, Education, Mukya Nagar Lekha Vibhag, Pariyojna, Udyan Vibhag, Chikitsa Vibhag, Encroachment & Cattle Catching Department. There is also an executive committee present in the city.
The development of infrastructure in the city is overseen by
Kanpur Development Authority
Kanpur Development Authority is the urban development agency of Kanpur metropolitan area, Uttar Pradesh, India. As the industries in Kanpur grew faster the village population also attracted towards the city. In present time the population of ...
(KDA), which comes under the Housing Department of
Uttar Pradesh government
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. The
divisional commissioner of Kanpur acts as the ''
ex-officio'' Chairman of KDA, whereas a vice chairperson, a government-appointed
IAS officer
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, looks after the daily matters of the authority. The current vice-chairman of Kanpur Development Authority is K. Vijayendra Pandian.
The municipality receives revenue from general tax, advertisement tax, income from municipal properties, grants from state government etc.
Law and order
The Kanpur District Court is headed by the
district judge of Kanpur, who is assisted by numerous additional district judges, civil judges (senior division) and additional civil judges. Kanpur is a notified metropolitan area by UP Government under
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and therefore has a chief metropolitan magistrate, who is assisted by several metropolitan magistrates. The 2017 district judge was Shashi Kant Shukla,
and the chief metropolitan magistrate was Shabistan Aquil.
Police administration
Kanpur district comes under the Kanpur Police Zone and Kanpur Police Range, Kanpur Zone is headed by an
additional director general
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-ranked
Indian Police Service
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Along with the Indian Administrative Service ( ...
(IPS) officer, and the Kanpur Range is headed
inspector general-ranked IPS officer. The current ADG, Kanpur Zone is Avanish Chandra,
and IG, Kanpur Range is Alok Singh.
The district police is headed by a
deputy inspector general
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India
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) is a ...
/
senior superintendent of police (DIG/SSP), who is an
IPS officer, and is assisted by seven
superintendents of police or
additional superintendents of police for east, west, south, rural area, crime, traffic and modern control, who are either IPS officers or
Provincial Police Service (PPS) officers.
Each of the several police circles is headed by a circle officer (CO) in the rank of deputy superintendent of police.
The current DIG/SSP is Sonia Singh.
Politics
Local politics
The city is divided into 6 zones and 110
wards with a ward population range of 19,000 to 26,000 and 110
corporators directly elected from each ward.
As mandated by the 74th constitutional amendment, there were 11 ward committees in Kanpur municipal corporation in 1991. Local elections were last held in 2017, when the mayor,
Pramila Pandey
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The Indian National Congress (INC), colloqui ...
from the BJP, was elected. The previous mayor had been Captain (retired)
Jagatvir Singh Drona.
As of 2006, Kanpur Municipal Council has an elected mayor-in-council system.
State politics
Kanpur Nagar district encompasses one Lok Sabha constituency and ten
Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha constituencies. The city of Kanpur has one representative
member of parliament
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in
Lok Sabha
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for
Kanpur,
Satyadev Pachauri.
Civic Utilities
The first development plan of the city was created by the Kanpur Development Board in 1943. This was followed by the masterplan being designed by the Town and Country Planning Department from 1962 to 1991, which was adopted after the establishment of the Kanpur Development Authority in 1974.
The most recent masterplan is the Draft Master Plan of 2021 .
Electricity is supplied to the city by
Kanpur Electricity Supply Company
The Kanpur Electricity Supply Company Ltd. (KESCo), formerly known as Kanpur Electricity Supply Authority, is an electrical power company in Kanpur, India. A Government of Uttar Pradesh undertaking, part of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limite ...
(KESCO), which is under the
Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL). Fire services are under the state, Uttar Pradesh Fire Service.
Water supply, sewerage is done by the Jal Kal vibhag of KMC. Infrastructure development and maintenance is done by the state's body, UP Jal Nigam. The piped water supply of Kanpur City was started in 1892.
After construction of Ganga Barrage on the river, a permanent and reliable source for the water supply got available to provide 1600 mld raw water.
The city also receives water from the catchment areas of rivers Ganga and Pandu.
However, while the total water supply requirement is 600 mld only 385 mld of potable water is being supplied.
The city loses water due to leaky pipes and contamination of natural water sources.
There is a severe water crisis in Kanpur.
In 2015, Ganga Pollution Control Unit in Kanpur got about Rs 200 crores to make 4 STPs functional.
The city then reported having 3 STPs for domestic waste.
In 2017, there was only one sewage treatment plant for waste from tanneries, biggest source of industrial pollution to the Ganga, was to be replaced by a newer one costing 400 cr as the old one could only treat 9 MLD at the most. 823.1 MLD of untreated sewage and 212.42 MLD of industrial effluent flow into the river. In 2019, another STP costing worth Rs 816.25 was to be set up. As of 2020, While the government has stopped pollution from Kanpur's biggest drain, Sishamau, of Kanpur's 48 drains, eight still have no devices to stop effluents.
Solid waste management is handled by the KMC. As of 2015, Kanpur generates 1,500 tonnes of solid wastes from domestic and industrial sources, 64,000 tonnes of hazardous waste annually which includes metals and waste generated by tanneries, dye industries and chemical industries; while coal ash produced in Kanpur amounts to 71,000 tonnes per annum.
Transport
Airways
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Airport has scheduled commercial flights to
New Delhi
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,
Mumbai
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,
Kolkata
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,
Bangalore
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,
Hyderabad
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,
Chennai
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and other cities of India. The nearest International Airport is the
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in
Lucknow
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, which is around 77.1 km from Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh
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.
Railways
Kanpur Central
Kanpur Central (formerly known as Cawnpore North Barracks, station code: CNB) is a central and junction railway station in the city of Kanpur and is one of the five central Indian railway stations. It is third busiest in country after Howrah ...
is a major railhead and is among the busiest railway stations in the country. Rail routes connect it to all major cities in the state and the country. It is an A-1 category railway station coming under the
Prayagraj railway division of
North Central Railway zone
The North Central Railway (abbreviated NCR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. The largest railway station in NCR is Kanpur Central. It is headquartered at Prayagraj and comprises three divisions: Allahabad division, Jhansi division, ...
of
Indian Railways
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. Around 300 trains pass through the station daily. Other major railway stations serving the city include
Kanpur Anwarganj
Kanpur Anwarganj is the second-largest railway station in Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Structure and layout
It has three platforms. It was constructed during the British Raj. It has one big clock on its main building. It is ...
,
Govindpuri
Govindpuri is a colony in South East Delhi. It is recreated on top of an old graveyard and is surrounded by Kalkaji, Chittaranjan Park, and Tughlakabad. The Violet Line of the Delhi Metro passes through the area and has a metro station by th ...
,
Panki,
Kalyanpur,
Rawatpur
Rawatpur is a suburb in North Kanpur, India, situated about 10 km from Kanpur on the NH 91 to Delhi. The population was 110,000 at the 2001 census. It has 84% of literacy and is 5 km from Kalyanpur. It also Comes under Kanpur metropoli ...
,
Chandari,
Kanpur Bridge and
Chakeri
Chakeri is a census town in Kanpur metropolitan area, situated about 16 kilometres east of Kanpur city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is an industrial town with textiles and food products as its major productions. Chakeri Airforce ...
.
Roadways
The city has had chronic problems with maintaining local roads.
[''Potholed roads, eight to ten hours long power cut, overflowing drains and contaminated drinking water which lead to bad health and contagious diseases tell the tale of the Industrial town, which is fast turning into a big slum.'' ] There are several important National Highways that pass through Kanpur.
The
UPSRTC Inter State Bus Station (ISBT) of Kanpur officially named as the "Shaheed Major Salman Khan Bus Station". It is locally known as the "Jhakarkati Bus Station". It provides buses to important cities of India. Other
UPSRTC controlled Important Bus stations are Chunniganj Bus Stand for Farrukhabad, Bareilly and Uttranchal routes, Naubasta Bus Stand for Hamirpur route, Fazalganj is another hub for Private carriers.
Ring road
In 2011 it was reported by
The Indian Express
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that "The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is all set to develop a four-lane outer ring road along the periphery of Kanpur with an aim to prevent traffic congestion in the industrial city caused by long-distance heavy vehicles. The new road, which will help the heavy vehicles to bypass the city, will be developed on Built, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis under the phase-VII of National Highways Development Programme (NHDP)"
Kanpur Metro
Kanpur Metro
The Kanpur Metro is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The metro is owned and operated by the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC).
The feasibility study for the project was done by RITES in June 2015. ...
is a rail based mass transit system in the city of Kanpur,
India
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which shall further be extendable to
Kanpur metropolitan area. It consists of two lines-
Orange Line and Blue Line. The priority corridor of the Orange Line, which connects
IIT Kanpur
The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कानपुर) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was ...
to Motijheel was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India,
Narendra Modi
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on 28 December 2021.
Education and research
Higher education
Prestigious public engineering institution
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is located in Kanpur city. It was one of the first Indian Institutes of Technology established in 1959, created with the assistance of a consortium of nine US research universities as part of the Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP).
Other educational institutions in the city include three state universities.
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University is one of the largest universities in northern India catering to urban and rural students offering professional and academic courses in the disciplines of Arts, Science, Commerce, Law, Engineering, Biotechnology, Computer Applications, Management and Medicine.
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology (CSAUA&T) is an agricultural university at Kanpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is named after the Indian revolutionary Chandrashekhar Azad. Besides Kanpur, it also has con ...
is an agricultural university named after the Indian revolutionary Chandrashekhar Azad which caters to the needs of the farming community of 29 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
Harcourt Butler Technical University
Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU) is a Premier State Technical University in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The HBTU was named after Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Governor of the United Provinces in British India. Its programs have b ...
(HBTI) offers Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral programs in engineering, as well as Masters programs in Business Administration, and Computer Applications. Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Technology for Handicapped, an institution to provide technical education to specially-abled students inaugurated by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1997, is also situated in Kanpur.
There is also private universities in the city like:
Rama University
Rama University is located in Hapur and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the m ...
part of the Rama Group.
[Private University Uttar Pradesh; http://www.ugc.ac.in/privateuniversitylist.aspx?id=33&Unitype=3 ] There are several good private Technical and Management institutions in the city.
Medical education
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College (GSVMMC or GSVM Medical College) is a public medical college in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The college is named after Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, a freedom fighter and journalist from Kanpur. It wa ...
(GSVM Medical College) is a state-run medical college in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. It was founded in 1956 and named after Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, a freedom fighter and journalist from Kanpur.
Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital
Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital is a government hospital in Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur, which was earlier called Hallet Hospital, and its campus stand adjacent to the Moti Jheel lake and is spread across 960 acres.
It is associated with GSVM Medical Col ...
, which is also known as Hallet Hospital, is associated with GSVM, Kanpur.
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See also
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Kanpur Dehat (Lok Sabha constituency)
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List of cities in Uttar Pradesh
The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh borders with Nepal and the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and National Capital Territory of Delhi. The Himalayas lies in the no ...
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List of engineering colleges in Kanpur
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List of people from Kanpur
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Renamed places in Kanpur
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List of twin towns and sister cities in India
This is a list of places in India which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
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Agra
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Second Battle of Cawnpore
References
External links
Kanpur city portalKanpur Dehat portalKanpur News
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Cities in Uttar Pradesh
Metropolitan cities in India