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Kanpur (formerly Cawnpore Anglicized; Hindi: कानपुर, Urdu کانپور, Kānpur [ kɑ ː npur ] ) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, on the Ganges, located southwest of Lucknow. It has about 2.8 million inhabitants ( 2011 census ), an industrial center is ( mechanical, textile, electrical, electronics, metal, chemical industry), transportation hub (road and railway), and the cultural center of the region with Universities, colleges, theaters and museums.

History

On today's city founded in 1207 Raja Kanti Deo of Prayag the village Kohna. In 1579 Kanpur has been mentioned for the first time.

From 1773 to 1801 Kanpur was part of the Kingdom of Avadh ( Oudh also called ). 1801, British troops occupied the place. Under the influence of the East India Company settled in Kanpur many companies, which led to a rapid growth of the population.

During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Kanpur was one of the centers of the clashes between Indian and British side. The siege of the British garrison Kanpur takes account of the massacres a special role in British history. Brigadier General Hugh Wheeler defended for weeks the garrison troops against insurgents led by Nana Sahib, but then had to accept the offer of surrender, which provided the British garrison the free passage with boats to Allahabad in view. While withdrawing the garrison on the Ganga bank boarded the boats, Indian troops opened fire. In the ensuing battle came up to four men who were able to bring swimming to safety, all male British. The 125 surviving women and children were brought back to Kanpur and imprisoned there in Bibighar. Shortly before British troops retook the city by Sir Henry Havelock, these were murdered and the bodies thrown near the Bibighar into a well.

Since India's independence from Britain on August 15, 1947, the city is part of the newly formed state.

Cityscape

At the massacre of defenseless women and children remembered a park on the site of the well, in the time the bodies were thrown. The park was up to India's independence only Europeans and Indian Christians accessible after independence he was transfigured. Here are today also monuments to Nana Sahib and one of the Indian leader of the rebellion, Tantya Tope. On the site of the garrison, the British built a church in which the dead from Kanpur is thought today. Around the church stones mark the course of the former garrison.

In December 1959, the IIT Kanpur was established ( Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur ) by the Indian government. It is one of seven elite technical universities of India.

There are some training facilities for Indian music and Kathak dance. Kanpur is the center of the famous Nautanki Dance Theater style.

Climate

The climate is dry hot outside and May, the monsoon season from October. The temperature is 25.7 ° C throughout the year with variations between 15.9 ° C in January and 33.6 ° C in May and June. The total annual rainfall is 823 mm.

Personalities

• Bob Woolmer (1948-2007), English cricket player and coach
• John Forbes Royle (1798-1858), English botanist and physician
• Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ( 1832-1914 ), British Field Marshal and one of the most successful military leader of the Victorian age