Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh [oo t-er pruh-deysh, -desh] noun

1. a state in N India: a former province of British India. 93,933 sq. mi. (243,286 sq. km). Capital: Lucknow.

Formerly United Provinces.Former official name United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. British Dictionary definitions for uttar pradesh Uttar Pradesh noun

1. a state of N India: the most populous state; originated in 1877 with the merging of Agra and Oudh as the United Provinces; augmented by the states of Rampur, Benares, and Tehri-Garhwal in 1949; the N Himalayan region passed to the new state of Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand) in 2000; now consists mostly of the Upper Ganges plain; agricultural. Capital: Lucknow. Pop: 166 052 859 (2001). Area: 243 350 sq km (93 933 sq miles)