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 133
... government be- lieved that they were provoked by the Shias to indicate that any change introduced in their past practices would be resisted . See Harry Haig to Linlithgow , 7 June and 4 July , 1937 , 2-4 June 1938 , 10 and 23 October ...
... government be- lieved that they were provoked by the Shias to indicate that any change introduced in their past practices would be resisted . See Harry Haig to Linlithgow , 7 June and 4 July , 1937 , 2-4 June 1938 , 10 and 23 October ...
Page 204
... government had allowed it to be there at all . They realised they must mobilise . the conviction was being forced upon them ( they protested to government ) that the activity of the Congress agitators cannot be adequately counteracted ...
... government had allowed it to be there at all . They realised they must mobilise . the conviction was being forced upon them ( they protested to government ) that the activity of the Congress agitators cannot be adequately counteracted ...
Page 214
... government of Sir Harcourt Butler . On 28 March 1921 , the Government ' whip ' in the UP Legislative Council , Kunwar Jagdish Pra- sad , ICS , the Education Secretary , sent a letter to MLCs thought likely to be Government supporters ...
... government of Sir Harcourt Butler . On 28 March 1921 , the Government ' whip ' in the UP Legislative Council , Kunwar Jagdish Pra- sad , ICS , the Education Secretary , sent a letter to MLCs thought likely to be Government supporters ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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