GoodEvening from Allahabad, officially known as Prayagraj, and Illahabad and Prayag, is a major city in UttarPradesh. The city is the judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh with Allahabad High Court being the highest judicial body in the state. Allahabad lies close to Triveni Sangam, of the Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati rivers that plays a central role in ancient Hindu scriptures. The historic and holy city finds its earliest reference as one of the world’s oldest known cities in Hindumythology.
Known as the holycity of Prayaga in the ancient Vedas, Allahabad was also known as Kosambi in the late Vedic period, named by the Kuru rulers of Hastinapur, who developed it as their capital. The city was capital during Maurya Empire until the Gupta Empire as well as political, cultural and administrative centre of Doab region. Allahabad was provincial capital in of the Mughal Empire also under the reign of Jahangir. The actual session of the IndianNationalCongress in 1888 was held in the city and by the turn of 20th century, Allahabad was a hub of revolutionary activities.
NityanandChatterji became a household name when he hurled a bomb at a European club In Alfred Park in 1931, ChandrashekharAzad died when he was surrounded by British police now known as Chandrashekhar Azad. Park and worth visiting. The Nehru family homes, AnandBhavan and SwarajBhavan, were centres of Indian National Congress activity during India’s struggle for independence and are worth visiting by tourist. During the years before independence, Allahabad was home to thousands of satyagrahis led by Purushottam Das Tandon, Bishambhar Nath Pande, Narayan Dutt Tiwari and others.
The first seeds of the Pakistani nation were sown in Allahabad on 29 December 1930, Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s presidential address to All-India Muslim League proposed a separate Muslim state for the Muslim-majority regions of India. there are numerous other places worth visiting in the city. The Allahabad Museum, is one of four national museums in India, and documents the flora and fauna of the Ganges and the Yamuna.
Well connected by rail road and air there are numerous educational institutes in the city that attract students from across India. The Kumbhmela one of the most important congregation of hindus in the country is held in the city every 6 and 12 years. During the Kumbhmela whether ardh kumbh or purna kumbh, a new temporary city is created on the banks of ganges. There are numerous historical buildings worth visiting for tourist these include AlfredPark, the Victoria and Thornhill Mayne Memorials, Minto Park, Allahabad Fort, AshokaPillar KhusroBagh. and All Saints Cathedral.
