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 58
... death , but there are strong architectural reasons to believe that whoever built the Asafi Kothi also built Baronne . Martin's last building , unfinished at his death in 1800 , was the great house of Constantia to the south - east of ...
... death , but there are strong architectural reasons to believe that whoever built the Asafi Kothi also built Baronne . Martin's last building , unfinished at his death in 1800 , was the great house of Constantia to the south - east of ...
Page 86
... death anniversies of each of the Imams . She believed that , occasionally , she was possessed by the king of the jinn . At such times she dressed up in finery and sat on her throne , listening as female musicians played for her , and ...
... death anniversies of each of the Imams . She believed that , occasionally , she was possessed by the king of the jinn . At such times she dressed up in finery and sat on her throne , listening as female musicians played for her , and ...
Page 237
... death of Sanjay Gandhi stunned India . Earlier questions had suddenly become irrelevant . Others came up . In Lucknow , from the very beginning , it was obvious that V.P. Singh's gov- ernment was loaded with people he was not keen to ...
... death of Sanjay Gandhi stunned India . Earlier questions had suddenly become irrelevant . Others came up . In Lucknow , from the very beginning , it was obvious that V.P. Singh's gov- ernment was loaded with people he was not keen to ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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