UTTAR PRADESH

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A brief history

North India · Formed 1950 · Capital Lucknow

The demographic heart of India — home to Ayodhya, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Mathura. Historically the seat of the Nawabs of Awadh and, before them, the Mughal court.

LanguagesHindiUrduAwadhiBhojpuri

Famous families & dynasties

Nawabs of Awadh
Shia rulers who built Lucknow's Bara Imambara.
Nehru–Gandhi family
The Kashmiri Pandit lineage of Allahabad.
Kayastha and Bhumihar houses
Administrators of the Ganga plain.
Awadhi zamindar families
Land-revenue lineages across Awadh.

Communities & clans

BrahminKshatriya (Thakur)KayasthaBhumiharBaniaYadavJatMuslim (Awadhi, Rohilla)

Common gotras / clan names

BharadwajaKashyapaVasishtaGautamaShandilyaKaushika

Migration corridors from Uttar Pradesh

→Fiji / Mauritius / Guyana / Suriname1834–1917 indentured labor ('Girmitiya').
→Persian GulfAwadhi and Bhojpuri labor migration since the 1970s.
→BombayBhaiya migration to Mumbai's mills, taxis, dabbawalas.

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