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 30
... force largely opposed to the Mughals , from the time of their leader Shivaji ( 1627–80 ) onward . The Bundela Rajputs , based in Bundelkhand ( north of the Vindhiya mountains and south of the Yamuna , to the south - west of Awadh ) also ...
... force largely opposed to the Mughals , from the time of their leader Shivaji ( 1627–80 ) onward . The Bundela Rajputs , based in Bundelkhand ( north of the Vindhiya mountains and south of the Yamuna , to the south - west of Awadh ) also ...
Page 40
... force of the Company's troops . On Nasir - ud - din Haydar's death in 1837 , the Resident decided to reject his designated heir , Faridun Bakht . In a dramatic confrontation , the Resident had his troops attack the throne room where ...
... force of the Company's troops . On Nasir - ud - din Haydar's death in 1837 , the Resident decided to reject his designated heir , Faridun Bakht . In a dramatic confrontation , the Resident had his troops attack the throne room where ...
Page 97
... force was routed and three hundred men were killed . Then began the siege . There were at that time in the retrenchment one thousand European officers and men , seven hundred loyal sepoys , six hundred European women and children , and ...
... force was routed and three hundred men were killed . Then began the siege . There were at that time in the retrenchment one thousand European officers and men , seven hundred loyal sepoys , six hundred European women and children , and ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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