Kanpur, INDIA

Kanpur, is the ninth most populous city in India and the largest within the state of Uttar Pradesh.
It is the second largest city of the entire Hindi speaking belt only after Delhi.
It was formerly known as the "Manchester  of the East", and the economic capital of Uttar Pradesh.
The city is an important industrial centre however has not kept pace with the industrial growth in the rest of India and many of its brightest minds have left the city for greener pastures in the 1990s.Kanpur is located on the banks of the river Ganga and is an important industrial centre.
It has an area of over 1300 km² and population of 4,864,674.
Owing to the city's industrial importance, one of few branches of the Reserve Banks of India and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India were established in the city.
It is also home to several globally recognized institutions such as IIT Kanpur, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI) and GSVM Medical College.
The status of the city has been upgraded when its name was included in the "Counter Magnets" of National Capital Region (NCR)