Industrial Development Authority
New Okla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA ) Gautam Buddha Nagar
Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority (GIDA), Gorakhpur
Sathariya Industrial Development Authority (SIDA), Jaunpur
Greater New Okla Industrial Development Authority (Greate NOIDA)
Lucknow Industrial Development Authority (LIDA), Lucknow
Bhadohi Industrial Development Authority (BIDA), Bhadohi
Tourism
Tourism Department 1956
Directorate of Tourism 1972
Uttar Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation 1974
Granted the status of Industry to Tourism (First 1998
Tourism Policy)
New Tourism Policy 2018
Heritage Arc 3 (Agra, Lucknow, Varanasi)
Paying Guest Scheme Related to Tourism 1994
Maitreya Project Development of Buddhist Places
World Heritage Sites of UNESCO Taj Mahal (1983), Agra Fort
(1983),Fatehpur Sikri
Manyawar Kanshiram Institute of Tourism (1986) and Kumbh Fair (2017)
Management
Cultural Organization
State Lalit Kala Academy Lucknow(1962)
Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy (Previous Lucknow (1969)
Name- Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natya Bharati -1963
Bhartendu Natya Academy Lucknow1975)
National Kathak Institute Lucknow
Institute of Tirbal and Lolk Art culture Lucknow
College of Art and Architecture Lucknow(1911)
Bharat Kala Bhavan Varanasi (1920)
Uttar Pradesh Chal Chitra Nigam Limited 1975
Sole Classical Dance of Uttar Pradesh Kathak
Bhatkhande Music Institute 1966
Motilal Nehru Children Museum Lucknow(1957)
Uttar Pradesh State Archives Prayagraj (1947)
Maximum number of fairs in Mathura (86)
The only Museum of Kushana and Gupta Age Mathura
Culture
Bateshwara Fair Agra
Sulah-e-Kul Festival Agra
Charkula Dance Braj Region
Invention of Tabla and Sitar Amir Khusro
Ayodhya Research Institute Ayodhya (1986)
U.P Jain Vidya Sodh Sansthan Lucknow(1990)
State Council for Education Research and Training 1981
Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Council 1972
Uttar Pradesh Council of Agricultural Research 1989
Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology for Kanpur (1997)
Handicapped
Institute of Heart Diseases and I.K. Cancer Kanpur
Institute
.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and I Saifai (Etawah) 2005)
Research
Uttar Pradesh Department of Language 1958
Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan 1976
Uttar Pradesh Hindi Institute 1976
Urdu was declared second o cial language 1989
First Hindi Newspaper of the state Banaras Akhbar (1845)
First Urdu Newspaper of the state Sardal Akhbar (1846)
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Major fairs of Uttar Pradesh
Haridas Jayanti Mela Nidhivan, Vrindavan (Mathura)
Mudiya Puno Mela Govardhan, Mathura
Deva Sharif Fair Barabanki
Shringirampur Fair, Makanpur Fair Farrukhabad
Syed Shalar Fair Bahraich
Dhai Ghat Mela Shahjahanpur
Uttarayani Mela Bareilly
Tigri Mela Amroha
Khari (hallu Kartik Mela Bijnaur
Chaitra Ramnavami Mela, Kartik or Parikrama Mela Ayodhya Dham
Parikrama Mela (in Falgun) Naimisharanya, Sitapur
Gola Gokarna Nath Mela Kheri
Kaliniar Mela Banda
Kajali Fair, Govardhan Nath Zoo Fair of Charkhari Mahoba
Devipatan Fair Balrampur
Shravani Fair Sankisa (Farrukhabad)
Devchhath, Shravani or Janmashtami Mela Mathura
Devchhath Fair Dauji (Mathura)
The largest number of fairs are held in Mathura
Minumum numbers of fairs are held in Pilibhit
Mahakumbha Mela (World's largest fair) Prayagraj (Orgainised Every 12th
year)
Kakora Fair Bayaun
Ramnagaiya Mela (Bank of Ganga) Farrukhabad
Bateshwar Mela (Cattle Fair) Agra
Dadri Mela (Cattle Fair) Dadri Mela is the second Ballia
largest cattle fair of India
Sardhana Fair Sardhana, Meerut
Sikri Fair Modinagar (Ghaziabad)
Basant Ganga Mela Garhmukteshwar, Hapur
Kans Vadh Mela Hamirpur
Kans Mela Mathura and Fatehpur Sikri
Maior Festivals of Uttar Pradesh
Bithur Ganga Mahotsav Kanpur
Saitai Festival (cultural program in January? Saifai, Etawah
Gorakhpur Festival (Cultural Program in January) Gorakhpur
Jhansi Festival (Ayurveda Festival in February) Jhansi
Kannauj Mahotsav Kannauj
Triveni Festival (at Vote Club in February) and Prayagraj
Prayag Utsav
Lathmar Holikotsav or Rangotsav Barsana, Nandagaon (Mathura)
Huranga Holikotsav Dauji, Mathura
Falen Holikotsav Falen village, Mathura
Chitabhasmi Holikotsav Manikarnika Ghat, Kashi
Yamuna Mahotsav (Chaitra Chhath, Vishramghat), Mathura
Krishnotsav
Saryu Mahotsav and Deepotsav Ayodhya Dham
Son Mahotsav Sonbhadra
Kajari Mahotsav Mirzapur
Kabir Utsav/Maghar Mahotsav Maghar (Sant Kabirnagar)
Sardhana Mahotsav Meerut
Shopping Festival Noida (Gautam Budha Nagar)
Budha Mahotsav Sarnath (Varanasi)
Kampil Utsav (In Jain Temples) Farrukhabad
Ganga water rally celebration Prayagraj-Varanasi
Amir Khusro Mahotsav Patiali(Kasgan))
Taj Mahotsav (February, performance of Mughal Agra
culture and Indian arts)
Sulahkul Mahotsav (Hindu-Muslim unity) and Ram Agra
Barat Utsav
Lucknow Mahotsav (Performing Arts of Awadh) Lucknow
Varanasi Festival (Literary Festival on Indian Varanasi
Philosophy, Knowledge and Culture)
Dev Deepavali Festival (Tripur Rakshasa, Festival Varanasi
of Vadh)
All India Vyas Samaroh (by Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Varanasi
Sansthanam)
Ganga Mahotsav (Ganga Dashahara) Varanasi and Prayag Raj
