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 56
... Residency hill and rented out houses to Company staff . He also built a row of shops , called ' Captain Bazaar ' , at the foot of the site , a long , low series of white - washed open booths . ) A typical Residency bungalow of this ...
... Residency hill and rented out houses to Company staff . He also built a row of shops , called ' Captain Bazaar ' , at the foot of the site , a long , low series of white - washed open booths . ) A typical Residency bungalow of this ...
Page 99
... Residency , and who stayed together throughout the siege . The first lady was Julia Inglis , a daughter of the first Lord Chelmsford , who was only twenty - four then , with her baby and two boys under five years of age . Her husband ...
... Residency , and who stayed together throughout the siege . The first lady was Julia Inglis , a daughter of the first Lord Chelmsford , who was only twenty - four then , with her baby and two boys under five years of age . Her husband ...
Page 106
... Residency , Julia Inglis writes : The inhabitants of our court consisted principally of half - caste clerks and their families ... On the other side of us was a square occupied by Sikhs of the 71st N.I. , and some Christian drummers and ...
... Residency , Julia Inglis writes : The inhabitants of our court consisted principally of half - caste clerks and their families ... On the other side of us was a square occupied by Sikhs of the 71st N.I. , and some Christian drummers and ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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