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Uttar Pradesh Foundation Day 2025
January 27 , 2025
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- In 1902, it was established as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh during the British rule.
- Post-independence, the United Provinces became an administrative unit in 1947 and the princely states of Tehri Garhwal and Rampur were merged into it by 1949.
- Finally, on January 24, 1950, the state was renamed Uttar Pradesh.
- But the Uttar Pradesh Day was first celebrated in 1989.
- In 2000, the hilly areas were carved out to create a new state, originally named Uttaranchal, later renamed Uttarakhand.
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