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 63
... fact , two- storeyed terraced houses , but others , more interestingly , although they looked like terraces , with regular Ionic columns , and windows , were in fact no thicker than a wall . There is an oral tradition that Chhota Mian ...
... fact , two- storeyed terraced houses , but others , more interestingly , although they looked like terraces , with regular Ionic columns , and windows , were in fact no thicker than a wall . There is an oral tradition that Chhota Mian ...
Page 243
... fact that , immediately after the unlocking of the Babri Masjid , there were no major incidents . However , tensions started sim- mering in Western UP ( see Chowdhury , 1986 ) and violence erupted in various places , reaching Allahabad ...
... fact that , immediately after the unlocking of the Babri Masjid , there were no major incidents . However , tensions started sim- mering in Western UP ( see Chowdhury , 1986 ) and violence erupted in various places , reaching Allahabad ...
Page 249
... fact that their fathers divided Mother India , they are constantly mobilized by their leaders , religious or political , on issues which are largely irrelevant . They seem unable to adjust to modern real- ities , and would do anything ...
... fact that their fathers divided Mother India , they are constantly mobilized by their leaders , religious or political , on issues which are largely irrelevant . They seem unable to adjust to modern real- ities , and would do anything ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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