KanpurDarshan

                                            Kanpur is also known for its solid base of higher educational and research institutes. Following institutes of international repute are situated in Kanpur : Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Chandra Shekhar Azad Agriculture University Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI) Government Central Textile Institute (GCTI) Government Leather Institute National Sugar Institute Indian Institute of Pulses Research Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College  Institute of Engineering & Technology Institute of Business & Management Other ...

                                                                                     Kanpur is the main city of  Industrial and commercial activities in  the state. The offices of various financial institutions and banks are also located in the city. The Reserve Bank of India has its office in Kanpur. The Registrar of companies has also its office in Kanpur. The UTI, IDBI and various insurance companies have their major offices in the city. Apart from almost all nationalized/ private ltd. banks. The Stan...

                                     KANPUR ZOOLOGICAL PARK    (Allen Forest Zoo) Kanpur Zoo is a government organization and is controlled by the Forest Department, State Government of Uttar Pradesh.The Central zoo Authority of India, which is a statutory body under Central Government formulates various guiding principles and issues registration for the zoos.Kanpur Zoo is categorized as large Zoo and is accorded registration up to 30th June, 2012.                                                        Kanpur Zoological P...

about the city Nestled on the banks of the eternal Ganga, Kanpur stands as one of North India’s major industrial centres with its own historical, religious and commercial importance. Believed to be founded by king Hindu Singh of the erstwhile state of Sachendi, Kanpur was originally known as `Kanhpur’. Upto the 1st half of the 18th century Kanpur continued to survive as an insignificant village. Its fate, however, took a new turn soon after. In May 1765, Shuja-ud-daula, the Nawab Wazir of Awadh, was defeated by the British near Jajmau. It was probably at this time that strategic importance of the city of Kanpur was realized by the British. European businessmen had by this time gradually started establishing themselves in Kanpur. In order to ensure protection to their lives and property the `Awadh local forces’ were shifted here in 1778. Kanpur passed into British hands under the treaty of 1801 with Nawab Saadat Ali Khan of Awadh. This forms a turning point in the history ...

History -1857 Kanpur was soon to become the epicentre of the outbreak of 1857, as some of the leading luminaries of the War of Independence hailed from her, namely – Nana Sahib, Tantiya Tope, Azimoolah Khan and Brigadier Jwala Prasad. The three strategic events of the 1857 war at Kanpur were the fight at `wheeler’s entrenchment’, the `massacre at Sati Chaura Ghat’ and the `Bibighar massacre’. Nana Sahib had declared independence on th 7th of June 1857 at Kanpur. The British under Commander Hugh Wheeler retreated into a shallow earch entrenchment in the cantonment area, later known in history as `wheeler’s entrenchment’. The English garrison surrendered in the last week of June 1857 on terms of safe passage to Allahabad. But when on the morning of 27th June, the soldiers along with the women and children were about to embark into the boats at Sati Chaura Ghat, fighting broke out and most of the men were killed. The survivors, women and children were rescued who were imprisoned...