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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... League . October . A crucial session of the Muslim League in Lucknow . The Madhe Sahaba quarrel leads to repeated violence between Shias and Sunnis . The UP Tenancy Act introduces serious alterations into the agrarian system of the ...
... League . October . A crucial session of the Muslim League in Lucknow . The Madhe Sahaba quarrel leads to repeated violence between Shias and Sunnis . The UP Tenancy Act introduces serious alterations into the agrarian system of the ...
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... League from Dacca . A significant group of Lucknavis travelled to East Bengal for the founding of the League . Also , effective control of this Muslim politi- cal organisation was first won by the Aligarh interest , and reinforced in ...
... League from Dacca . A significant group of Lucknavis travelled to East Bengal for the founding of the League . Also , effective control of this Muslim politi- cal organisation was first won by the Aligarh interest , and reinforced in ...
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... League wherever possible . He was quick , moreover , to see the opportunity provided by the World War ; from February 1915 he set about preparing a scheme of political demands for the League to adopt . For these to succeed , it was ...
... League wherever possible . He was quick , moreover , to see the opportunity provided by the World War ; from February 1915 he set about preparing a scheme of political demands for the League to adopt . For these to succeed , it was ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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