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 124
... March 1939 , hundreds were arrested . ' Tension in the city ' wrote Lucknow's deputy - commissioner , ` has increased and is now nearing breaking point ' . On 30 March , the Congress ministry allowed Madhe Sahaba on Barawafat , the ...
... March 1939 , hundreds were arrested . ' Tension in the city ' wrote Lucknow's deputy - commissioner , ` has increased and is now nearing breaking point ' . On 30 March , the Congress ministry allowed Madhe Sahaba on Barawafat , the ...
Page 125
... march . The police opened fire , dispersed the mob and imposed curfew . The scholar S. Khuda Bukhsh ( b . 1842 ) was anguished to see a posse of police with glistening bayonets in Lucknow : The fabric of Islam is torn by dissensions ...
... march . The police opened fire , dispersed the mob and imposed curfew . The scholar S. Khuda Bukhsh ( b . 1842 ) was anguished to see a posse of police with glistening bayonets in Lucknow : The fabric of Islam is torn by dissensions ...
Page 133
... March 1938 , L / P & J file no . 265 , pp . 139–50 . IOLR . 4. G.M. Harper to Jasbir Singh , 18 March 1939 , General Administration Depart- ment ( GAD ) , file no . 65 , box no . 607 , Uttar Pradesh State Archives , Lucknow . Harry Haig ...
... March 1938 , L / P & J file no . 265 , pp . 139–50 . IOLR . 4. G.M. Harper to Jasbir Singh , 18 March 1939 , General Administration Depart- ment ( GAD ) , file no . 65 , box no . 607 , Uttar Pradesh State Archives , Lucknow . Harry Haig ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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