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The Culture of Uttar Pradesh is an Indian culture which has its roots in Hindi,Bhojpuri and Urdu literature,music,fine arts,drama and cinema. Lucknow,the capital of Uttar Pradesh,has historical monuments including Bara Imambara and Chhota Imambara,and has preserved the damaged complex of the Oudh-period British Resident's quarters,which are being restored.
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The Uttar Pradesh illegal sand mining scam is a political scandal relating to events that occurred in 2012–2017 during the Samajwadi Party (SP) rule. It is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the 2016 orders of Allahabad High Court for allowing illegal mining in 7 districts of Uttar Pradesh –Shamli,Hamirpur,Fatehpur,Siddharthnagar,Deoria,Kaushambi and Saharanpur –in violation of rules and ban by the National Green Tribunal. On 5 January 2019,the CBI raided 14 suspects in 14 locations in 7 cities across Uttar Pradesh and Delhi pertaining to this scam,and incriminating evidence was seized.
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