Lucknow: Memories of a CityViolette Graff Oxford University Press, 1999 - 299 pages This collection of pieces looks at 150 years of Lucknow's recent history, from its rise to grandeur during the Nawabi days to its political preeminent position today. |
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Page 63
... Bagh palace complex was begun in 1848 and completed four years later . It was an extraordi- nary series of buildings , covering a great area to the south - west of Luck- now , incorporating other structures that had grown up on the ...
... Bagh palace complex was begun in 1848 and completed four years later . It was an extraordi- nary series of buildings , covering a great area to the south - west of Luck- now , incorporating other structures that had grown up on the ...
Page 95
... Bagh- ( later site for cemetery , distillery and 1 Mile trenching pits ) t Jama Masjid -Hooseinabad Imambara Chattar Manzil -Kaiserbagh Moti Mahal Kadam Rasool Sekandra Bagh Shah Tara Kothi -Parkland ( later Wingfield Park ) Canal ...
... Bagh- ( later site for cemetery , distillery and 1 Mile trenching pits ) t Jama Masjid -Hooseinabad Imambara Chattar Manzil -Kaiserbagh Moti Mahal Kadam Rasool Sekandra Bagh Shah Tara Kothi -Parkland ( later Wingfield Park ) Canal ...
Page 118
... BAGH Lal bagh Market AMINABAD Banarsi bagh WINGFIELD PARK ARG U NAWAB TULSI Dargah Imam Husain Karbala Talkatora AISHBAGH TALKATORA GHAZI - UD - DIN RAJENDRA NAGAR ROAD Aishbagh Station HAIDER SUBHAS Aminat CANAL LUCKNOW CITY ( 1960 ) ...
... BAGH Lal bagh Market AMINABAD Banarsi bagh WINGFIELD PARK ARG U NAWAB TULSI Dargah Imam Husain Karbala Talkatora AISHBAGH TALKATORA GHAZI - UD - DIN RAJENDRA NAGAR ROAD Aishbagh Station HAIDER SUBHAS Aminat CANAL LUCKNOW CITY ( 1960 ) ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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