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 33
... Company's policies than did political interests within the Indian heartland where Awadh lay . The Company's earliest political confrontations with Awadh and the other Indian states grew out of its expanding commercial interests and its ...
... Company's policies than did political interests within the Indian heartland where Awadh lay . The Company's earliest political confrontations with Awadh and the other Indian states grew out of its expanding commercial interests and its ...
Page 34
... Company desired to ex- ploit . In the Treaty of 1765 , the Company selected for annexation only part of the Nawab's holdings , and the rest were restored to him on payment of Rs 50,00,000 — the alleged charges for the expenses of its ...
... Company desired to ex- ploit . In the Treaty of 1765 , the Company selected for annexation only part of the Nawab's holdings , and the rest were restored to him on payment of Rs 50,00,000 — the alleged charges for the expenses of its ...
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... Company's . " Thereupon the Company's long - time client , Saadat Ali Khan - the late ruler's brother who had lived for twenty - two years in exile as a pensioner under the pro- tection of the Company - was installed , after signing a ...
... Company's . " Thereupon the Company's long - time client , Saadat Ali Khan - the late ruler's brother who had lived for twenty - two years in exile as a pensioner under the pro- tection of the Company - was installed , after signing a ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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