Lucknow: City of Nawabs

Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, has a rich multicultural heritage. The city is renowned for its exquisite gardens, poetry, music, and refined cuisine, which were favored by the Persian-loving Shia Nawabs who ruled the region. Among Indians and students of South Asian culture and history, Lucknow is famous as "The City of Nawabs." Additionally, it is referred to as the Golden City of the East, Shiraz-i-Hind, and The Constantinople of India. (Photo: PTI)

Lucknow has several places for tourists to visit and enjoy. Visitors can enjoy the sight of one of India's largest clocktower or the marvel of the Rumi Gate, the 60-feet high structure built during the reign of Nawab Asafi-ud-Daula in 1784-86. Janeshwar Mishra Park, 'Bada Imam Bara', 'Chhota Imam Bara' are some others places to visit in the city. (Photo: Lucknow.nic.in)

Lucknow also boasts of various sightseeing points that have interesting history. According to the UP tourism website, The Bada Imam Bara, built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula in 1786-91 has a central hall is said to be the largest vaulted chamber in the world. While the Janeshwar Mishra Park is known as Asia's largest park. (Photo: PTI)

Lucknow has many dishes catering to the vegetarian crowd. Kulche-Nahari, Shahi Tukda, Chole Bhature, Basket Chaat and Kulfi Faluda are a must try vegetarian dishes in Lucknow.

Tunday Kebabs are a popular meat dish in Lucknow. Other non-veg dishes that one could try are Kakori Kebab, Shami Kebab, Galawati Kebab. (Photo: PTI)

In the political realm, Rajnath Singh is the MP from Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency. Polling for 10 Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha seats with voting process done in Lucknow. BJP won 8 seats while SP secured 2. (Photo: PTI)

The first STD call in India occurred in 1960 between Lucknow and Kanpur. Prior to this , the service could only be accessed through an operator. Lucknow is also the first and most surveiled city in the country. (Photo: AI image created via Lexica.art)