LUCKNOW, Jan. 24 -- Union home minister Amit Shah and chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday launched the 'One District, One Cuisine' (ODOC) scheme on the occasion of Uttar Pradesh Diwas and felicitated five eminent personalities with the 'UP Gaurav Samman'.

Shah was in the state capital as the chief guest for the UP Diwas celebrations, which began with the theme song 'Uttar Pradesh-Uttam Pradesh'.

Celebrating its 77th foundation day, the then United Provinces was renamed Uttar Pradesh on January 24, 1950.

Under the theme 'Viksit Bharat-Viksit Uttar Pradesh', five individuals who brought laurels to the state were honoured. Those honoured included astronaut and Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla; Alakh Pandey of Physics Wallah for his ...