Sister City
Under the Sister Cities program, Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia, which has a sizeable Indian expatriate community, was chosen as Lucknow's sister city in 2009. This agreement was based on economic, education and social issues that the two cities share.Both cities would work together in developing commercial, cultural, educational, sporting and other mutually beneficial exchanges.
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