Pantnagar
Sign in to savePantnagar is a town and a university campus in Udham Singh Nagar District, Uttarakhand. Nainital, Kashipur, Rudrapur, Kiccha, Lalkuan, Shaktifarm and Haldwani are the major cities surrounding Pantnagar.
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- Pantnagar
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- town
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- Aerial view of Pantnagar from Kunal's new home. 3 - panoramio.jpg
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- Aerial view of Pantnagar
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- India Uttarakhand#India
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- Location in, India
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- Country
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- Uttarakhand
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- District
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- Udham Singh Nagar
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- 243.84
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- 35820
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- 2001
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- auto
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- Official
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Pantnagar is a town and a university campus in Udham Singh Nagar District, Uttarakhand. Nainital, Kashipur, Rudrapur, Kiccha, Lalkuan, Shaktifarm and Haldwani are the major cities surrounding Pantnagar.
The town is home to the first agricultural university of India which was established on 17 November 1960. The university was earlier called the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University or Pantnagar University. It was renamed G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. keeping in view the contributions of Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, the then Chief Minister of UP.