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Abohar
Abohar (ਅਬੋਹਰ) is a city and municipal corporation in Fazilka district, Punjab, India, called the "California of India" for cotton and kinnow. In July 2026 a court-supervised re-election made BJP's Pooja Wadhwa its first woman mayor.
Agra (आगरा)
Agra (आगरा), city on the Yamuna in western Uttar Pradesh, India; former Mughal capital and home of the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, and Fatehpur Sikri. Known for its footwear and marble-inlay industries, Agra Metro, and severe air and Yamuna pollution.
Aligarh (अलीगढ़)
Aligarh (अलीगढ़), historically Kol or Koil, is a city in western Uttar Pradesh, India, headquarters of Aligarh district, known as the lock city and for Aligarh Muslim University, founded as MAO College in 1875.
Almora (अल्मोड़ा)
Almora (अल्मोड़ा) is a district in Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India, with hill-town headquarters founded in 1568 by Kalyan Chand; 3,139 sq km, 622,506 people (2011), known for temples and Himalayan views.
Ambala (अंबाला)
Ambala (अंबाला), twin city in Haryana, India: Ambala City and Ambala Cantonment about 3 km apart. Cantonment founded 1843; district population 1,128,350 (2011); known for its cloth market, scientific-instruments industry, and Army and Air Force presence.
Amethi
Amethi is a district in Uttar Pradesh, India, created 1 July 2010 from Sultanpur and Rae Bareli, headquartered at Gauriganj, long a Nehru-Gandhi parliamentary stronghold and now developing industry around Jagdishpur.
Amritsar (ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ)
Amritsar (ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ), also Ramdaspur, is a Punjab city founded by Guru Ram Das in the 1570s, home of the Golden Temple, with 2.49 million district residents (2011) and municipal corporation status since 1977.
Amroha
Amroha (अमरोहा), city and district headquarters in western Uttar Pradesh, India, formerly Jyotiba Phule Nagar (1997-2012). Known for mangoes, dholak making, the Shah Wilayat shrine, and the 1305 Battle of Amroha.
Anandpur Sahib
Anandpur Sahib, also called Chakk Nanaki's successor city, is a sacred Sikh city in Punjab's Rupnagar district, founded 1665 by Guru Tegh Bahadur on Bilaspur land; Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa there in 1699.
Anantnag
Anantnag (Urdu: ضلع اننت ناگ) is a town and district in the Jehlum Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India, known as the "Land of Countless Springs".
Ayodhya (अयोध्या)
Ayodhya (अयोध्या), also known as Saket, is a city on the Saryu River in Uttar Pradesh, India, revered as the birthplace of Ram and capital of the ancient Kosala kingdom.
Badrinath
Badrinath, or Badrinarayan Temple town in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, is a Vishnu shrine of the Char Dham on the Alaknanda river at about 3,100 m, traditionally founded by Adi Shankaracharya, open six months yearly.
Bahadurgarh
Bahadurgarh (बहादुरगढ़), the Gateway of Haryana, is a city in Jhajjar district on the Delhi border, founded in 1754 and known for its footwear cluster of about 2,500 units making roughly 60% of India's non-leather footwear.
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
Banda (बाँदा) is a district and town in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, India, headquarters of Chitrakoot Dham division, known for Kalinjar Fort, Shajar stone jewelry, severe water scarcity, and record heat of 48.2 °C.
Bareilly (बरेली)
Bareilly (बरेली) is a city in Rohilkhand, northern Uttar Pradesh, near the Ramganga; founded 1537 by Jagat Singh Katehriya, a Rohilla capital, 1857 rebel center, and India's zari-zardozi craft hub.
Batāla
Batāla (Batala, ਬਟਾਲਾ), city in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India; founded 1465/1466 CE by Rai Ram Deo, a Bhatti Rajput from Kapurthala; pre-partition foundry town, 2011 population 158,621.
Bathinda (ਬਠਿੰਡਾ)
Bathinda (ਬਠਿੰਡਾ), historically Tabarhindh or Bhatinda, is a city and district in southern Punjab, India, in the Malwa region; fifth largest Punjab city, noted for its ancient fort, Haji Ratan tomb, and cotton-wheat agriculture.
Budaun (city)
Budaun (बदायूँ, Badāyūn), city and district headquarters in Uttar Pradesh, India, near the Ganga; Sufi heritage, Iltutmish's Jami Masjid (1223), 159,285 residents in 2011, 235 km from Delhi.
Bulandshahr (बुलंदशहर)
Bulandshahr (बुलंदशहर), formerly Baran, is a district of Uttar Pradesh between the Ganga and Yamuna, near Delhi in the NCR; 3.5 million people (2011), Khurja pottery, Narora nuclear plant.
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh: hill town on the Ravi river, district headquarters and former capital of Chamba state since 930 A.D., founded by Sahil Varman, known for the Lakshmi Narayan temples and Minjar Mela.
Dehradun (देहरादून)
Dehradun (देहरादून), capital of Uttarakhand, India, in the Doon Valley between Ganges and Yamuna. Founded around Ram Rai's 17th-century shrine; Gorkha-ruled until 1815; district population 1,696,694.
Delhi (दिल्ली)
Delhi (दिल्ली), India's National Capital Territory, is a megacity of about 30 million and the world's second-largest metro area. Eight historical cities, NCT governance since 1991, services-led economy, and severe winter PM2.5 smog under GRAP stages.
Deoli, Delhi
Deoli (देवली, Devli) is a census town and historic Jat village in South Delhi district, India; 169,122 people in 2011, formerly Devalgarh, and an SDM sub-division and SC assembly constituency (AC-47).
Devprayag (देवप्रयाग)
Devprayag (देवप्रयाग), also Deoprayag, is a pilgrimage town in Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, where the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers meet to form the Ganga; last of the five Panch Prayag, home to Raghunathji Temple.
Dharamshala
Dharamshala (धर्मशाला), hill city in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, India; seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile at McLeod Ganj since 1960. British cantonment founded 1849; elevations 1,250–1,750 m; Seismic Zone V.
Etawah (इटावा)
Etawah (इटावा) is a city on the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh, India, headquarters of Etawah district, near the Yamuna–Chambal confluence; Census 2011 counted 15,81,810 district residents across 2,311 sq km.
Faizabad (फ़ैज़ाबाद)
Faizabad (फ़ैज़ाबाद), formerly Fyzabad, is a city in eastern Uttar Pradesh, twin of Ayodhya and eighteenth-century capital of the Awadh nawabs; its district was renamed Ayodhya in 2018.
Faridabad (फरीदाबाद)
Faridabad (फरीदाबाद), also called Faridabad city, is Haryana's largest industrial city on the Delhi–Agra highway, founded by Shaikh Farid (Murtaza Khan), Jahangir's treasurer; district population 1,809,733 (2011), a Smart City and NCR transport hub.
Fatehpur Sikri (फ़तेहपुर सीकरी)
Fatehpur Sikri (फ़तेहपुर सीकरी), the City of Victory, is Akbar's purpose-built Mughal capital near Agra, built 1571–1573, capital until 1585, a 1986 UNESCO World Heritage Site of red sandstone monuments.
Fīrozābād
Firozabad (Firozabad, Suhag Nagri), Uttar Pradesh city 40 km from Agra, India's Glass City; world's largest glass bangle producer, 70% of unorganized-sector glass, Mughal-era origins, Taj Trapezium Zone.