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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... Congress- man , contested the Lucknow seat on a Muslim League ticket , and won . Sajjad Zaheer , the brother of the Congress leader , Ali Zaheer , and himself a CPI activist , co - founder of the Progressive Writers Workshop , becomes ...
... Congress- man , contested the Lucknow seat on a Muslim League ticket , and won . Sajjad Zaheer , the brother of the Congress leader , Ali Zaheer , and himself a CPI activist , co - founder of the Progressive Writers Workshop , becomes ...
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... Congress stands to create division amongst Musalmans and what I apprehend is that after a time both will be more united against the Congress than they have ever been before . Rajendra Prasad added that the Shias were ardent nationalists ...
... Congress stands to create division amongst Musalmans and what I apprehend is that after a time both will be more united against the Congress than they have ever been before . Rajendra Prasad added that the Shias were ardent nationalists ...
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... Congress , Wazir Hasan's next move was to bring about joint political action . He worked at the local level with the Congress which was itself resolved to see rapprochment with the League wherever possible . He was quick , moreover , to ...
... Congress , Wazir Hasan's next move was to bring about joint political action . He worked at the local level with the Congress which was itself resolved to see rapprochment with the League wherever possible . He was quick , moreover , to ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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