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 41
... administration of Awadh ( should it deem necessary ) and establishing a payment of Rs 16,00,000 annually for the subsidiary forces . Since the 1801 cession of territory had already satisfied this subsidy ' in perpetuity ' , the Court of ...
... administration of Awadh ( should it deem necessary ) and establishing a payment of Rs 16,00,000 annually for the subsidiary forces . Since the 1801 cession of territory had already satisfied this subsidy ' in perpetuity ' , the Court of ...
Page 42
... administration , however , these Lucknow ' guaranteed pensioners ' formed a leisured and protected rentier class ... administration or capital . Only in a few unusual cases did landholders side consistently with the administration . Land ...
... administration , however , these Lucknow ' guaranteed pensioners ' formed a leisured and protected rentier class ... administration or capital . Only in a few unusual cases did landholders side consistently with the administration . Land ...
Page 43
... administration of the estate and most of the neighbouring landholders who united to exclude the forces of the junior widow . In the period of conflict which ensued , the estate was devastated . Only after a compromise , which pen ...
... administration of the estate and most of the neighbouring landholders who united to exclude the forces of the junior widow . In the period of conflict which ensued , the estate was devastated . Only after a compromise , which pen ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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