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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... East India Company's troops had defeated a coalition which included the Nawab along with the Mughal Emperor who , by a bizarre reversal of roles , had been made the Nawab's protege . From then , the East India Company made frequent ...
... East India Company's troops had defeated a coalition which included the Nawab along with the Mughal Emperor who , by a bizarre reversal of roles , had been made the Nawab's protege . From then , the East India Company made frequent ...
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... East India Company sought to hasten this Mughal decline and fastened on Awadh as one of its prime reserves for military , political , and fiscal ... East Indian Company ( founded Awadh and the English East India Company MICHAEL H FISHER.
... East India Company sought to hasten this Mughal decline and fastened on Awadh as one of its prime reserves for military , political , and fiscal ... East Indian Company ( founded Awadh and the English East India Company MICHAEL H FISHER.
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... East India Company , 1785–1801 , Lucknow , Maxwell . Bayly , C.A. ( 1983 ) , Rulers , Townsmen and Bazaars : North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion , 1770-1870 , Cambridge , Cambridge University Press . Bhatnagar , G.D. ...
... East India Company , 1785–1801 , Lucknow , Maxwell . Bayly , C.A. ( 1983 ) , Rulers , Townsmen and Bazaars : North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion , 1770-1870 , Cambridge , Cambridge University Press . Bhatnagar , G.D. ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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