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 57
... Kothi , the showpiece of the Daulat Khana complex , but we can only speculate on the architect . Antoine Polier may have designed this imposing semi- European structure , but if so , he had left Lucknow for good before it was completed ...
... Kothi , the showpiece of the Daulat Khana complex , but we can only speculate on the architect . Antoine Polier may have designed this imposing semi- European structure , but if so , he had left Lucknow for good before it was completed ...
Page 63
... Kothi . Much of Qaisar Bagh was demolished by the British after their recapture of Lucknow in March 1858 , but an idea of the scale and magnificence of the complex can be gained from photographs taken at that time , showing a series of ...
... Kothi . Much of Qaisar Bagh was demolished by the British after their recapture of Lucknow in March 1858 , but an idea of the scale and magnificence of the complex can be gained from photographs taken at that time , showing a series of ...
Page 296
... Kothi , 63 Roy , Dr B.C. , 12 Royal Institute of British Architects , 50 Rudauli , 198 Rumi Darwaza , 3 , 52 , 57 Rumuz - e - Hamza , 170 Russell , W.H. , 106 , 109 Russell , William , 4 Rusum - i - Dehli , 120 Ruswa , Mirza Hadi , 141 ...
... Kothi , 63 Roy , Dr B.C. , 12 Royal Institute of British Architects , 50 Rudauli , 198 Rumi Darwaza , 3 , 52 , 57 Rumuz - e - Hamza , 170 Russell , W.H. , 106 , 109 Russell , William , 4 Rusum - i - Dehli , 120 Ruswa , Mirza Hadi , 141 ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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