Cawnpore

Kanpur कानपुर کانپور Cawnpore
Clockwise from top right: Green Park Stadium; Civil Lines district; Kanpur Police headquarters; Landmark Hotel; Kanpur Memorial Church; JK Temple
Nickname(s): "Leather City of the world"; "Manchester of the East"
Kanpur
Coordinates: 26°27′00″N 80°19′55″E / 26.449923°N 80.331874°E / 26.449923; 80.331874Coordinates: 26°27′00″N 80°19′55″E / 26.449923°N 80.331874°E / 26.449923; 80.331874
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Nagar District Kanpur Dehat District
Government
• Mayor	Shri Jagat Vir Singh Drona
• Deputy Mayor	Shri Haji Suhail Ahmed
Area
• Metropolis	403.70 km2 (155.87 sq mi)
Elevation	126 m (413 ft)
Population
• Metropolis	2,765,348
• Rank	12th
• Metro	2,920,496
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	208 0xx  • 209 2xx   • 209 3xx   • 209 4xx
Telephone code	0512
Vehicle registration	UP-78,77
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Sex ratio	0.855 ♂/♀
Literacy	84.37%
Climate	Cfa (Köppen)
Website	www.kanpurnagar.nic.in

Kanpur (/ˈkɑːnpʊər/  pronunciation ; formerly Cawnpore) is the 12th most populous city in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kanpur Nagar district and Kanpur division. It is the second largest industrial town in north India, following Delhi.

The name is believed to have derived from Karnapur (meaning "town of Karna", one of the heroes of the Mahabharata). Another theory is that it came from the nearby town of Makanpur, earlier known as Khairabad, where the Sufi saint of the Madariya Sufi order, Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar, settled.

In 1207, Raja Kanh Deo of the Kanhpuria clan established the village of Kanhpur, which later came to be known as Kanpur.

Kanpur Sangrahalaya is the official museum in Kanpur

In the 19th century, Kanpur was an important British garrison with barracks for 7,000 soldiers. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, 900 British men, women and children were besieged in the fortifications for 22 days by rebels under Nana Sahib Peshwa. They surrendered on the agreement that they would get safe passage to the nearby Satti Chaura Ghat whereupon they would board barges and be allowed to go by river to Allahabad.