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 63
... Qaisar Bagh palace complex was begun in 1848 and completed four years later . It was an extraordi- nary series of buildings , covering a great area to the south - west of Luck- now , incorporating other structures that had grown up on ...
... Qaisar Bagh palace complex was begun in 1848 and completed four years later . It was an extraordi- nary series of buildings , covering a great area to the south - west of Luck- now , incorporating other structures that had grown up on ...
Page 64
... Qaisar Bagh has much in common with the Post- Modern movement in Europe today . It is tragic that so much of it was demolished by the British after 1858 and that only a hint remains of its virtuosity and spirit . A surprisingly large ...
... Qaisar Bagh has much in common with the Post- Modern movement in Europe today . It is tragic that so much of it was demolished by the British after 1858 and that only a hint remains of its virtuosity and spirit . A surprisingly large ...
Page 204
... special privileges . It was to the Qaisarbagh Baradari that delegates came from all over India on 15 and 16 September 1906 to draw up the Muslim Memorial to the Viceroy in which they 204 / Lucknow : Memories of a City.
... special privileges . It was to the Qaisarbagh Baradari that delegates came from all over India on 15 and 16 September 1906 to draw up the Muslim Memorial to the Viceroy in which they 204 / Lucknow : Memories of a City.
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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