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 224
... Hindu political activity and the activity in the 1940s of Raja Maheshwar Dayal Seth in the Maha- sabha and Kunwar Guru Narain Seth in Aney's Hindu National League were a continuation of this interest . Lucknow by 1947 was puzzling ...
... Hindu political activity and the activity in the 1940s of Raja Maheshwar Dayal Seth in the Maha- sabha and Kunwar Guru Narain Seth in Aney's Hindu National League were a continuation of this interest . Lucknow by 1947 was puzzling ...
Page 252
... Hindu - minded electorate had not paid off . Further , the Backward castes had shown much more interest for the JD promises concerning job reservations than in any ' Hindu ' crusade ( Brass , 1993a : 125–7 ) . If anything , the ...
... Hindu - minded electorate had not paid off . Further , the Backward castes had shown much more interest for the JD promises concerning job reservations than in any ' Hindu ' crusade ( Brass , 1993a : 125–7 ) . If anything , the ...
Page 290
... Hindu - Urdu Controversy , 10 Hindu , 13 , 17 , 23 , 28 , 51 , 53 , 277 Hindu Mahasabha , 224 Hindu Muslim relations , 128-30 , 132 , 219 , 220 Hindu Muslim riots , see , communal crises Hindu National League , 224 Hiriart , Augustin ...
... Hindu - Urdu Controversy , 10 Hindu , 13 , 17 , 23 , 28 , 51 , 53 , 277 Hindu Mahasabha , 224 Hindu Muslim relations , 128-30 , 132 , 219 , 220 Hindu Muslim riots , see , communal crises Hindu National League , 224 Hiriart , Augustin ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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