Eight people including four farmers were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri after Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s cavalcade hit protesting farmers and clashes erupted on Sunday.
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Lakhimpur Kheri is the largest of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh in terms of area, and contributes the most to the agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the state.
Lakhimpur Kheri is also home to the largest Sikh population in the state. According to Census 2011, of the state’s total 6,43,500 Sikh population, 94,388 — or 15 per cent — were living in Lakhimpur Kheri.
The 7,680-sq-kilometre (2,970-sq-mile) district in the central part of the state shares a border with Nepal, and comes under the Lucknow administrative division.
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