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 xviii
... Calcutta ( Matia Burj ) . The kingdom of Oudh is annexed to the British East India Company territories . The Mutiny uprising and the siege of the British Resi- dency in Lucknow make news the world over . A young son of Wajid Ali Shah ...
... Calcutta ( Matia Burj ) . The kingdom of Oudh is annexed to the British East India Company territories . The Mutiny uprising and the siege of the British Resi- dency in Lucknow make news the world over . A young son of Wajid Ali Shah ...
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... Calcutta , Calcutta University Press . Ghoshal , Benod Chandra ( 1918 ) , Some notes on Raj Nanpara or the Tragic Story of the Premier Mohamedan Estate of Oudh , Lucknow , Anglo - Oriental Press . Irwin , H.C. ( 1973 ) , Garden of India ...
... Calcutta , Calcutta University Press . Ghoshal , Benod Chandra ( 1918 ) , Some notes on Raj Nanpara or the Tragic Story of the Premier Mohamedan Estate of Oudh , Lucknow , Anglo - Oriental Press . Irwin , H.C. ( 1973 ) , Garden of India ...
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... Calcutta , a rare case of demonstration of public morality on the part of the East Indian Company . Apparently Gentil did not have many scholarly exchanges with his English counterparts ( William Bolts , Robert Orme and a few others ...
... Calcutta , a rare case of demonstration of public morality on the part of the East Indian Company . Apparently Gentil did not have many scholarly exchanges with his English counterparts ( William Bolts , Robert Orme and a few others ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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