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ALLAHABAD: A point city tries to move with time

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Allahabad built on a very ancient site was known in Aryan times as Prayag and Brahma himself is said to have performed a sacrifice here. The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang has also written about visiting the city in 634 AD. It acquired its present name in 1584, under

Akbar. 

Later, Allahabad was taken by the Marathas, sacked by the Pathans and finally ceded to the British in 1801 by the Nawab of

Avadh.

It was in Allahabad that the East India Company officially handed over the control of India to the British government in 1858, following the Mutiny. The city was a center of the Indian National Congress and at the conference here in 1920, Mahatma Gandhi proposed his program of non-violent resistance to achieve independence.

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Allahabad's Civil Lines is an area of broad avenues, Raj-era bungalows, modern shops and some outdoor eating stalls. The main bus terminal is also here. It is divided from the dense, older part of town, known as Chowk, by Allahabad Junction railway station. 

There is a Tourist Bungalow and office on MG road. The main branch of the State Bank of India in Police Lines is the place to Change money. 

SAS Travels is an Indian Airlines agency but no flights operate from Allahabad's airport. The city of Allahabad is 135 km west of Varanasi at the confluence of two of India's most important rivers-the Ganges and the

Yamuna. 

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The mythical invisible Saraswati River, the River of Enlightenment, is also believed to join them here. The confluence, known as the Sangam, is considered to have great soul-cleansing powers and all pious Hindus hope to bathe here at least once in their lifetime. 

Hundreds of thousands bathe here every January and February and once every 12 years the Kumbh Mela, the worlds largest gathering of pilgrims, draws millions to the confluence for a holy dip.

Allahabad is a growing IT market, although the IT initiatives that the government talked about is still in doldrums. The market has picked up after Diwali and the people are optimistic that it will continue to be so. According to a reseller, Allahabad no doubt has a lot of potential and scope to grow.

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Here also the market is dominated by the assembled PCs, which according to a reseller constitutes 90 percent of the market. Leaving just one present for the branded ones.

Among the main buyers, the computer institutes top the list, which have sprung up in the city. As the trend seen in most of the cities, here also the home segment is the most thriving segment and constitutes about 75 percent, the rest being taken over by the

corporates, SMEs.

CSI Allahabad chapter

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Apporva Agaha


Chairman


High Court


Allahabad


Tel: 227395 (O)/640917(R)


E-mail: apporvaagha@hotmail.com




Dr Arun Kumar


Vice Chairman


MONIRBA, Allahabd University


Tel: 502645(O)/465245(R)


E-mail: arun@shuchita.com



Ashish Kumar



Honorary Secretary


Management Consultant


Allahabad


Tel: 467406(O)/461163(R)


E-mail: ashmanager@yahoo.com



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Mohan Jadwani



Jamuna Marketing


Allahabad


Tel: 623891(O)/425891(R)


E-mail: jamunamktg@hclinfinet.com


Major Resellers

Achin Dev Computers


18/260, The Mall


Kanpur


Tel: 315429


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Afzal A Siddiqui


5th Floor, Chandralok Complex


Birhana Road, Kanpur


Tel: 300969





Amafhh Communication Services


79/77, First Floor


Bansmandi, (Near Aaj Press)


Kanpur


Tel: 214433








Apsol Technologies


444/9, Shastri Nagar


Kanpur


Tel: 361321


Backup Zone


15/59, Civl Lines


Kanpur


Tel: 311904


Bhagwati Distributors


51/28, Rajaj Market


Ram Ganj, Near Ganges Hotel


Nayaganj


Kanpur


Tel: 214141/360131




Bharat Computers


5/11, Charan Singh Colony


Govind Nagar


Kanpur


Tel: 614328



Bhukania Computrinics


7/111A, Swaroop Nagar


Kanpur


Tel: 541811


Big Byte Computers


Shop No 240


Naveen Market


Kanpur


Tel: 354594



Blue Chip Enterprises


24/92, Birhana Road


Opp State Bank of Patiala


Kanpur


Tel: 10504



CK Computer


9/2, Vijay Nagar


Kanpur


Tel: 222481


Catch Me


9/10, Labour Colony


Data Nagar


Kanpur


Tel: 231507



Century Computer Centre


LGC 5, Gumti Plaza


Gumti No 5


Kanpur


216471



Comexcell Technologies


LG, 17A, Somdutt Plaza


The Mall


Kanpur


Tel: 306449/305378



Compro


8/25, Kurshawan


(Phool Bagh)


Kanpur


Tel: 250055/252076



Computer Corner


16/23, Civil Lines


Kanpur


Tel: 318094


Computer Education


107/235, Nehru Nagar


Kanpur


Tel: 541231


Compuwares


63/3, The Mall


Kanpur


Tel: 317349/355785


Dataman Computer Systems (P) Ltd


25/16, Karachi Khana


Kanpur


Tel: 316505/317191


Diamond Electronics


120, KDA Market


Vikas Nagar


Kanpur


Tel: 91512316505/317191



Digitech Computers


UG D9, Somdutt Plaza 10


The Mall


Kanpur


Tel: 293259



Dow Hitech System


8/2, A2, Arya Nagar


Manas Mandir Marg


Kanpur


Tel: 256719/291897



EI Systems


17/143, Telegraph Road


Opp St Meera School


Kanpur


Tel: 367778



Euro Computer Consultancy


620/6, Keshav Nagar


PO Juhi


Kanpur


Tel: 271486/546129



Gollo Enterprises


29/43, Maheshwari Mohal


Kanpur


Tel: 313836


Great Five Computers


G5 Computer Centre


MIG 19, Sector-3


Hemant Vihar, Barra 2


Kanpur


Tel: 612101




Hi Point Computeronics


Stall No 98 (Upstairs)


Naveen Market


Kanpur


Tel: 362522/319966



Info Today Computers


7/109, G1, Flat No 17, 


Prabhu Mahima App


Swarrop Nagar, Kanpur


Tel: 210360



Infocare


113/115, Swarrop Nagar 


Kanpur


Tel: 553875/541470


Infosoft


B12, City Center


The Mall


Kanpur


Tel: 631760



Kaizen Infotec


Thailendra Shukla Partner


Tilak Hall Lane


Meston Toad, Kanpur


Tel: 353960



Ken Electronics


111/125, Harsh Nagar


Kanpur


Tel: 541547


Lipi Data Systems Ltd


First Floor, Flat No 2014/45


Chunni Ganj, The Mall


Kanpur


Tel: 542355



Micro Chip Systems


126/46, Block Govindnagar


Kanpur


Tel: 262068/645452


Micro Info Tech


House No 2B, Pradhan Gate


Near Gyan Manjusha School


Nankari, IIT


Kanpur


Tel: 591166




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