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 60
... Four Faces , because each facade was a copy of a well - known Lucknow house . The rear of the building was based on the riverside facade of old Luckypeera , the front is the main facade of the Dilkusha , itself a copied building . The ...
... Four Faces , because each facade was a copy of a well - known Lucknow house . The rear of the building was based on the riverside facade of old Luckypeera , the front is the main facade of the Dilkusha , itself a copied building . The ...
Page 137
... four million rupees . These courtesans appeared in other British colonial records as well . They were the subject of frequent official memorandums written in connection with a grave medical crisis that engulfed the military estab ...
... four million rupees . These courtesans appeared in other British colonial records as well . They were the subject of frequent official memorandums written in connection with a grave medical crisis that engulfed the military estab ...
Page 219
... four hundred persons per acre — which Mukerjee and Singh regarded as being four times the norm ! The con- clusions of the survey underlined the great gulf that existed between the elite and the great majority of the population . Some ...
... four hundred persons per acre — which Mukerjee and Singh regarded as being four times the norm ! The con- clusions of the survey underlined the great gulf that existed between the elite and the great majority of the population . Some ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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