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This is the highway exiting Delhi National Highway 2 or NH 2, commonly referred as Delhi--Kolkata Road, is a busy National Highway in India that runs through the states of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. It constitutes a major portion of the historical Grand Trunk Road along with NH 91 and NH 1 in India. The road is the part of National Highway network of India, and it is officially listed as running over 1,465 km from Delhi to Kolkata. The kilometer counts in each of the states are Delhi, Haryana , Uttar Pradesh ,Bihar , Jharkhand , West Bengal. The highway touches the cities of Faridabad in Haryana, Mathura, Agra, Etawah, Auraiya, Akbarpur, Panki, Kanpur, Jajmau, Rooma, Bindki, Fatehpur, Khaga, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Varanasi, Mughal Sarai in Uttar Prades