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 32
... English . From its foundation in 1600 until the 1750s , the English East India Company confined itself largely to coastal commercial concerns , far removed from Awadh in the central Gangetic plain . The ' factories ' at Madras ...
... English . From its foundation in 1600 until the 1750s , the English East India Company confined itself largely to coastal commercial concerns , far removed from Awadh in the central Gangetic plain . The ' factories ' at Madras ...
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... English and the French Companies in south India — the Carnatic Wars ( 1746-48 , 1751-54 , 1756–63 ) . In their struggles , the English and French Companies allied themselves with rival powers within the many already conflicting Indian ...
... English and the French Companies in south India — the Carnatic Wars ( 1746-48 , 1751-54 , 1756–63 ) . In their struggles , the English and French Companies allied themselves with rival powers within the many already conflicting Indian ...
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... English regiments on the battlefields . But they impressed Shuja - ud - Daula with their courage , discipline and expert handling of the artillery , and daresay even more , by the perpetual insist- ence of the English that the Indian ...
... English regiments on the battlefields . But they impressed Shuja - ud - Daula with their courage , discipline and expert handling of the artillery , and daresay even more , by the perpetual insist- ence of the English that the Indian ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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