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 59
... appear in the statues that adorned the Qaisar Bagh , gates with their quadrant arches , and stucco decorations on private houses . Saadat Ali Khan , who came to the masnad in 1798 , continued the work of beautifying Lucknow . Travellers ...
... appear in the statues that adorned the Qaisar Bagh , gates with their quadrant arches , and stucco decorations on private houses . Saadat Ali Khan , who came to the masnad in 1798 , continued the work of beautifying Lucknow . Travellers ...
Page 105
... appear so wonderfully suited to our present condition , as if composed expressly for the occasion , taking in all our necessities and all our feelings . They are most comforting ( Harris , 1858 : 61 ) . Inevitably , explanations for the ...
... appear so wonderfully suited to our present condition , as if composed expressly for the occasion , taking in all our necessities and all our feelings . They are most comforting ( Harris , 1858 : 61 ) . Inevitably , explanations for the ...
Page 276
... appear . The boys retaliated by breaking their flower pots and glass panes , and throwing stones from a distance . On the whole , therefore , the rela- tionship between the Anglo - Indians and the local people was an uneasy one , devoid ...
... appear . The boys retaliated by breaking their flower pots and glass panes , and throwing stones from a distance . On the whole , therefore , the rela- tionship between the Anglo - Indians and the local people was an uneasy one , devoid ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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