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Uttar Pradesh About Uttar Pradesh Places to Visit Cities Shopping   Lucknow   Legendary Lucknow Getting there What to see Cuisine Shopping   Legendary Lucknow Lucknow, the city of the Nawabs, is best known as a centre for Urdu poetry and courtly diction. It is still identified for its etiquette, culture, aabroo and tehzib. Lucknow is all about living life leisurely - everything happens here at a slow pace. Major research institutes located in the state include Central Drug Research Institute, Industrial Technology Research Centre, Central Food Technology Research Institute, National Botanical Research Institute, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medicine and King George Medical College. Outstanding educational institutions like La Martinere School and the IIM Lucknow are also here.