GK
NICKNAMES OF PLACES AND RIVERS
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Question
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Lucknow is known by the name as -
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City of Nawabs
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City of Marbels
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City of Elephants
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All of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Its beautiful sprawling gardens, polite mannerisms, fine-cuisine, music, and poetry (Shayari), had found a patronage in the Shia Nawabs of the city who loved Persian. The city has been given various other names too, such as The Constantinople of India, Shiraz-i-Hind and the Golden City of the East.
Detailed explanation-2: -Later, the region was named after his as ‘Lakshmanpur’. There are other stories that do the rounds; Lucknow was named after a very influential person called ‘Lakhan Ahir’ who built the fort ‘Qila Lakhan’. The name ‘Qila Lakhan’ later became Lucknow.
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