<span style="color: #222222;">Uttar Pradesh is celebrating its 73rd Foundation Day today. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaih Naidu, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have greeted the people of the state on this occasion. The Prime Minister, in a tweet, said Uttar Pradesh has set various benchmarks of development in the last five years.<br />''<br />''He said this has eased the lives of people along with creating new opportunities. He exuded confidence that the all-around development of Uttar Pradesh will keep playing a leading role in New India.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that on this day in 1950, the United Province was renamed Uttar Pradesh. In 2017, the state government declared to celebrate the day as UP Divas. </span><br />