Jammu and Kashmir, union territory of India (until October 31, 2019, a state), located in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent centered on the plains around Jammu to the south and the Vale of Kashmir to the north. kilometers or 10.4 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh-largest by population.
Rajasthan borders the state to the west, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi to the northwest, Uttarakhand, and an international border with Nepal to the north, Bihar to the east, Madhya Pradesh to the south. It touches the states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to the southeast. It covers 240,928 km2 (93,023 sq mi), equal to 7.3% of the total area of India, and is the fourth-largest Indian state by area. Though long known for sugar production, the state's economy is now dominated by the services industry.
The service sector comprises travel and tourism, the hotel industry, real estate, insurance, and financial consultancies. The economy of Uttar Pradesh is the second-largest state economy in India, with ₹21.73 lakh crore (US$300 billion) in gross domestic product and a per capita GSDP of ₹95,000 (US$1,300).[6] President's rule has been imposed in Uttar Pradesh ten times since 1968, for different reasons and 1,700 days.[13] Currently, the state has two international airports, Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport (Lucknow) and Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport (Varanasi). Allahabad Junction is the headquarters of the North Central Railway, and Gorakhpur Railway Station serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway. The High Court of the state is located in Allahabad. The state contributes 80 seats and 31 seats to the lower house Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha's upper house.
Inhabitants of the state are called either Awadhi, Bagheli, Bhojpuri, Braji, Bundeli, Kannauji, or Rohilkhandi, depending upon their region of origin. Hinduism is practiced by more than three-fourths of the population, with Islam being the next largest religious group. Hindi is the most widely spoken language and is also the state's official language, along with Urdu. Uttar Pradesh was home to most mainstream political entities in ancient and medieval India, including the Maurya Empire, Harsha Empire, Gupta Empire, Pala Empire, Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, and as follows: well as many other empires. At the time of the Indian independence movement in the early 20th century, there were three central princely states in Uttar Pradesh – Ramadi, Rampur, and Benares. The state houses several holy Hindu temples and pilgrimage centers. Uttar Pradesh has three World Heritage sites and ranks first among tourist destinations in India. Uttar Pradesh has several historical, natural, and religious tourist destinations, such as Agra, Allahabad, Aligarh, Ayodhya, Kushinagar, Varanasi, and Vrindavan
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