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 xvii
... Manzil ) and Constantia . Saadat Ali Khan builds Dilkusha Palace , Bailey Guard Gate , Lal Baradari , Begum Kothi and Kursheed Manzil . Ghazi - ud - din Haider is crowned King of Awadh by the British Governor - General , builds a canal ...
... Manzil ) and Constantia . Saadat Ali Khan builds Dilkusha Palace , Bailey Guard Gate , Lal Baradari , Begum Kothi and Kursheed Manzil . Ghazi - ud - din Haider is crowned King of Awadh by the British Governor - General , builds a canal ...
Page 59
... Manzil , which incorporated Martin's old house , Luckypeera , now renamed the Farhat Baksh . The house provided inspiration for other , larger buildings laid out symmetrically among gardens , so that in time the original house was ...
... Manzil , which incorporated Martin's old house , Luckypeera , now renamed the Farhat Baksh . The house provided inspiration for other , larger buildings laid out symmetrically among gardens , so that in time the original house was ...
Page 60
... Manzil ( now La Martinière Girls School ) , finished in 1818 and may be an early drawing for it . This is one of the few buildings where the architect is known . He was the Company engineer Captain McLeod , who worked in Lucknow between ...
... Manzil ( now La Martinière Girls School ) , finished in 1818 and may be an early drawing for it . This is one of the few buildings where the architect is known . He was the Company engineer Captain McLeod , who worked in Lucknow between ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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