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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... Muslim ) . General elections in the British provinces . In UP the performance of the Muslim League is disappointing , while the landlord party ( NAP ) is routed . The Cong- ress is in a dominant position and asserts itself . Choudhury ...
... Muslim ) . General elections in the British provinces . In UP the performance of the Muslim League is disappointing , while the landlord party ( NAP ) is routed . The Cong- ress is in a dominant position and asserts itself . Choudhury ...
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... Muslim identity . Rafiuddin Ahmed ( 1981 : 184 ) has shown how religious preachers prompted the masses to look beyond the borders of Bengal in quest of their supposesd Islamic past and attach greater importance to their ' Muslim ' as ...
... Muslim identity . Rafiuddin Ahmed ( 1981 : 184 ) has shown how religious preachers prompted the masses to look beyond the borders of Bengal in quest of their supposesd Islamic past and attach greater importance to their ' Muslim ' as ...
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... Muslim Girls School , 161 , 163 Muslim League , 9 , 10 , 11 , 121 , 123 , 128 , 132 , 133 , 160 , 196 , 197 , 206 , 207 , 220 Muslim Majilis - e - Mushawarat , 229 Muslim Mass Contact Campaign , 123 Muslim political activism , 203 , 204 ...
... Muslim Girls School , 161 , 163 Muslim League , 9 , 10 , 11 , 121 , 123 , 128 , 132 , 133 , 160 , 196 , 197 , 206 , 207 , 220 Muslim Majilis - e - Mushawarat , 229 Muslim Mass Contact Campaign , 123 Muslim political activism , 203 , 204 ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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