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 54
... European residents built a small walled cemetery , with stuccoed obelisks to commemorate those who did not return home.1 Although rich in timber , Awadh lacked building stone . The nearest quarries were at Chunar , on the border , and ...
... European residents built a small walled cemetery , with stuccoed obelisks to commemorate those who did not return home.1 Although rich in timber , Awadh lacked building stone . The nearest quarries were at Chunar , on the border , and ...
Page 57
... European treasures and curiosities , so often described ( Twining , 1893 : 311 ) . He had already had Mr Orr's house copied for himself , and since there were ' European ' buildings in his capital , he naturally wanted the biggest and ...
... European treasures and curiosities , so often described ( Twining , 1893 : 311 ) . He had already had Mr Orr's house copied for himself , and since there were ' European ' buildings in his capital , he naturally wanted the biggest and ...
Page 137
... European soldiers was afflicted with a venereal disease . It became clear that the battle to reduce European mortality rates would now be joined on the hygienic front , to ensure a healthy European army for the strategic needs of the ...
... European soldiers was afflicted with a venereal disease . It became clear that the battle to reduce European mortality rates would now be joined on the hygienic front , to ensure a healthy European army for the strategic needs of the ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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