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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... developed a distinctive culture , unforgettably delineated by the novelist Abdul Halim Sharar ( 1860-1926 ) , who ... develop their skills in music and dance , while their counterparts in Orissa and Tamilnad refined techniques of dance ...
... developed a distinctive culture , unforgettably delineated by the novelist Abdul Halim Sharar ( 1860-1926 ) , who ... develop their skills in music and dance , while their counterparts in Orissa and Tamilnad refined techniques of dance ...
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... developed the art of mimicking stone by using small , thin lakhori bricks , which were then covered in fine stucco ( chunam ) . Made from crushed shells , pulses , lime and jaggery , and polished to a sparkling finish , stucco was used ...
... developed the art of mimicking stone by using small , thin lakhori bricks , which were then covered in fine stucco ( chunam ) . Made from crushed shells , pulses , lime and jaggery , and polished to a sparkling finish , stucco was used ...
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... developed into a major crisis which shook the whole nation ( see Wariavwalla , 1988 ) . Local failures could be overlooked at a time when the principal aim of the Centre was to hold its ground in UP , UP which had always been the ...
... developed into a major crisis which shook the whole nation ( see Wariavwalla , 1988 ) . Local failures could be overlooked at a time when the principal aim of the Centre was to hold its ground in UP , UP which had always been the ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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