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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... early period . At an All - India level , the Congress party was going through a transitory phase of adjustment . The members of its socialist wing having been forced out , two major group tendencies stood face to face , strangely enough ...
... early period . At an All - India level , the Congress party was going through a transitory phase of adjustment . The members of its socialist wing having been forced out , two major group tendencies stood face to face , strangely enough ...
Page 28
... early Nawabs ' considered effort and policy to satisfy the claims of all the local social groups played a most crucial part in nourishing the social base of the new regime . If , on the one hand , the Muslim Shaikhzadas defended it ...
... early Nawabs ' considered effort and policy to satisfy the claims of all the local social groups played a most crucial part in nourishing the social base of the new regime . If , on the one hand , the Muslim Shaikhzadas defended it ...
Page 192
... early days it helped turn out several excellent performers such as K.G. Ginde , S.C.R. Bhatt , and Dinkar Kaikini , all students of Ratanjankar . However , Pandit Ginde stated that institutional training alone is not an adequate ...
... early days it helped turn out several excellent performers such as K.G. Ginde , S.C.R. Bhatt , and Dinkar Kaikini , all students of Ratanjankar . However , Pandit Ginde stated that institutional training alone is not an adequate ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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