Kanpur
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Kanpur ( pronunciation ; formerly Cawnpore) is the 11th most populous urban agglomeration in India, largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh, 12th most populous city in India, and the second largest city in the state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow, and the most populous metropolis in Uttar Pradesh. The city is the administrative headquarters of Kanpur Nagar district and Kanpur division.
The name of the city is believed be a variation of Kānh-pur, meaning "town of Kānh or Krishna". Other theories are that the name is derived from Karnapur (meaning "town of Karna", one of the heroes of the Mahabharata), or that it came from the nearby town of Makanpur, earlier known as Khairabad, where the Sufi saint of the Madariya Sufi order, Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar, settled.
