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 85
... called the Chhati , ' the sixth ' . Badshah Begum began celebrating the Chhati of the Twelfth Imam , Muhammad al - Mahdi , six days after the anniversary of his birth , spending great sums of money on meticulously - planned festivities ...
... called the Chhati , ' the sixth ' . Badshah Begum began celebrating the Chhati of the Twelfth Imam , Muhammad al - Mahdi , six days after the anniversary of his birth , spending great sums of money on meticulously - planned festivities ...
Page 240
... called upon and should come forward ( Graff , 1987 ) . After the polls it was clear that , with 48.2 per cent of the votes and 415 seats out of 542 in the Lok Sabha , Rajiv Gandhi had won a mandate never accorded to his predecessors ...
... called upon and should come forward ( Graff , 1987 ) . After the polls it was clear that , with 48.2 per cent of the votes and 415 seats out of 542 in the Lok Sabha , Rajiv Gandhi had won a mandate never accorded to his predecessors ...
Page 253
... called in and there was firing . On 2 November , a second assault was launched . Again the BSF was called in . On both occasions , there were casualties . The situation in the State during the following months defies descrip- tion ...
... called in and there was firing . On 2 November , a second assault was launched . Again the BSF was called in . On both occasions , there were casualties . The situation in the State during the following months defies descrip- tion ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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