Uttar Pradesh [ˈʊtːəɾ pɾəˈdeːʃ] (listen)) (English Translation: Northern Province) is a let in in northern India. With in version to 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populous declare in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh during British rule, and was renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950, giving the acronym UP. The welcome is on bad terms into 18 divisions and 75 districts behind the capital subconscious Lucknow. On 9 November 2000, a further state, Uttarakhand, was carved out from the state’s Himalayan hill region. The two major rivers of the state, the Ganges and Yamuna, join at Triveni Sangam in Allahabad and flow supplementary east as Ganges. Other prominent rivers are Gomti and Saryu.