HISTORY Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Thrissur District, Allahabad District
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Allahabad , also known as prayag and ilahabad, is a city in the indian state of uttar pradesh and the administrative headquarters of allahabad district, the most populous district in the state. As of 2011, allahabad is the seventh most populous city in the state, fifteenth in the northern. India and thirty-sixth in india, with an estimated population of 1. 11 million in the city and 1. 21 million in its metropolitan region. [7][8] in 2011 it was ranked the world"s 130th fastest-growing city. [9][10] allahabad, in 2013, was ranked the third most liveable city in the state (after noida and. The city"s original name prayag, or "place of offerings" comes from its position at the. Sangam (confluence) of the ganga, yamuna and mythical sarasvati rivers. It is the second-oldest city in india, and plays a central role in hindu scriptures. Kaushambi (now a separate district) by the kuru rulers of hastinapur, who developed it as their capital.
