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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... continued to seek links with one or other faction at the imperial court . The social and political realities of the eighteenth century required at least a semblance of reference to the imperial centre . All sources of growth had not ...
... continued to seek links with one or other faction at the imperial court . The social and political realities of the eighteenth century required at least a semblance of reference to the imperial centre . All sources of growth had not ...
Page 36
... continued that he surpassed even his father in the neg- lect of the army in order to prove his fidelity to the Company ( Bengal Political Consultations 3 October 1823 , No. 12 ) . After Asaf - ud - Daula's death , the Company's role as ...
... continued that he surpassed even his father in the neg- lect of the army in order to prove his fidelity to the Company ( Bengal Political Consultations 3 October 1823 , No. 12 ) . After Asaf - ud - Daula's death , the Company's role as ...
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... continued the work of beautifying Lucknow . Travellers had criticised the disgusting road along which they had to travel in the old city in order to reach new Lucknow . The street which leads to the palace [ the Daulat Khana ] is ...
... continued the work of beautifying Lucknow . Travellers had criticised the disgusting road along which they had to travel in the old city in order to reach new Lucknow . The street which leads to the palace [ the Daulat Khana ] is ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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