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Awadhi, a dialect of the Hindi dialect continuum, is the native dialect of Lucknow and has played an important role in Lucknow's history and is still used in the city's rural areas and by the urban population on the streets. [179] Historically, Lucknow was considered one of the great centres of Muslim culture.
Hinglish. Hinglish is the macaronic hybrid use of English and the Hindustani language. [1][2][3][4][5] Its name is a portmanteau of the words Hindi and English. [6] In the context of spoken language, it involves code-switching or translanguaging between these languages whereby they are freely interchanged within a sentence or between sentences.
The classification of Indian cities is a ranking system used by the Government of India to allocate House Rent Allowance (HRA) to public servants employed in cities in India. HRA is also used by the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) to provide income tax exemptions. Cities are classified on the basis of their population, as recommended by the Sixth ...
v. t. e. In India, a municipal council, also known as nagar palika, nagar parishad or nagar parisad, is a self-governing Urban Local Body that administers a smaller urban areas than municipal corporations, with population of 100,000 or more. However, there are exceptions to that, as previously Nagar Palikas constituted in urban centers with ...
Covering 250 square kilometres (97 sq mi) and over 2.5 million people, its urban agglomeration is the 15th largest in India. Patna also serves as the seat of Patna High Court . The Buddhist , Hindu and Jain pilgrimage centres of Vaishali , Rajgir , Nalanda , Bodh Gaya and Pawapuri are nearby and Patna City is a sacred city for Sikhs as the ...
Languages. • Official. Hindi. Time zone. UTC+5:30 (IST) Kukshi is a town in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. Kukshi has population of around 37,482 making it a Tier-3 city and a Semi-Urban centre. It is a Nagar Parishad. Kukshi is famous for the business of cotton, mirchi, gold and silver, and ready made garments.
Jaipur (/ ˈdʒaɪpʊər / ⓘ; Hindi: [ˈdʒeəpʊr]) is the capital and the largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan. As of 2011, the city has a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Located 268 km (167 miles) from the national capital New Delhi, Jaipur is also known as the Pink ...
Ludhiana (Punjabi: [lʊ́d̪ɪˈäːɳäː]) is the most populous and the largest city in the Indian state of Punjab. [9] The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 as of the 2011 census and distributed over 310 km 2 (120 sq mi), [6] making Ludhiana the most densely populated urban centre in the state. [10] It is a major industrial ...