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Which city of Uttar Pradesh is known as Manchester of north India?

  1. Kanpur

  2. Faizabad

  3. Varanasi

  4. Jaunpur
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Kanpur earned the title 'Manchester of North India' due to its thriving textile and leather industries, similar to Manchester's role in England's industrial revolution. The city has numerous cotton mills and leather tanneries that drove this comparison. The other options, while historically significant cities, were not major textile centers like Kanpur.

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