.The capital and largest city of Uttar Pradesh, India, Lucknow (/ˈlʌknaʊ/; Hindustani: [ˈləkʨnəuː] ␘ Lakhnaū) serves as the administrative hub for the district and division of the same name. With 2.8 million people living there as per the 2011 census[8], it is India’s twelfth most populous urban agglomeration and eleventh most populated city overall. As the seat of power for the Nawabs in the 18th and 19th centuries, Lucknow has always been a heterogeneous city that has thrived as a center of North Indian culture and the arts.[9] Governance, administration, education, business, aircraft, finance, pharmaceuticals, information technology, design, culture, tourism, music, and poetry continue to be concentrated in this significant area.