Welcome to Lucknow City!

Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh, a multicultural city. Historically it is known as the Awadh. Famous for Courtly Manners (Tahzeeb), Beautiful Gardens, Qauwwali, Chikankari Embroidery, Kabobs, Poetry, Music, and Fine Cuisine patronized by the Nawabs. Lucknow is popularly known as the The City of Nawabs. It is also known as the Golden City of the East, Shiraz-i-Hind and The Constantinople of India.

Today, Lucknow is among the top ten fastest growing non-metropolitan cities of India. Lucknow also an emerging hub for producers of goods and services with very promising potential. Lucknow has been a mandi town of mangoes, melons, and grains grown in the surrounding areas. Sugarcane-growing plantations and sugar industries are also in close proximity. This attracted Mohan Meakin Brewery to set up a unit based on molasses in the city. Meakins was incorporated in 1855 and is Asia's first commercial brewery.