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 92
... followed suit . ( Sen , 1957 : chapter 5 ) . It took a century before two Indian histor- ians , Chaudhuri ( 1957 : 118-43 ) and ( mainly ) Mukherjee ( 1984 ) , began to fill the lacuna . However , unbalanced as the British perspective ...
... followed suit . ( Sen , 1957 : chapter 5 ) . It took a century before two Indian histor- ians , Chaudhuri ( 1957 : 118-43 ) and ( mainly ) Mukherjee ( 1984 ) , began to fill the lacuna . However , unbalanced as the British perspective ...
Page 157
... followed the well - trod- den path of family connections and personal recommendations . This form of patronage was the normal pattern followed by the British in fil- ling the lower echelons of their administration in the early years of ...
... followed the well - trod- den path of family connections and personal recommendations . This form of patronage was the normal pattern followed by the British in fil- ling the lower echelons of their administration in the early years of ...
Page 172
... followed , among them Matba - e Muhammadi and Matba - e Mustafai . The production values at Lucknow presses were so good that the great Ghalib on one occasion raged at the presses in Delhi for what they did in comparison . In 1849 , for ...
... followed , among them Matba - e Muhammadi and Matba - e Mustafai . The production values at Lucknow presses were so good that the great Ghalib on one occasion raged at the presses in Delhi for what they did in comparison . In 1849 , for ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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