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 117
... head of Husain , borne aloft on a spear And in its wake , a band of women , with heads bared . II Mohurram , Husain and Karbala signified different things to different sections of Lucknow society . There was the potential for political ...
... head of Husain , borne aloft on a spear And in its wake , a band of women , with heads bared . II Mohurram , Husain and Karbala signified different things to different sections of Lucknow society . There was the potential for political ...
Page 157
... Head Maulvi , a position for which he needed no English . On the side , he studied English assiduously , and within two years had achieved reasonable fluency . He then started reading western science and philoso- phy , devouring works ...
... Head Maulvi , a position for which he needed no English . On the side , he studied English assiduously , and within two years had achieved reasonable fluency . He then started reading western science and philoso- phy , devouring works ...
Page 201
... head several times between 1884 and 1896 by revelations of inefficiencies in the Awadh court , but each time either the Secretary of State or the Govern- ment of India vetoed change . Sir Antony Macdonnell , lieutenant - gover- nor 1895 ...
... head several times between 1884 and 1896 by revelations of inefficiencies in the Awadh court , but each time either the Secretary of State or the Govern- ment of India vetoed change . Sir Antony Macdonnell , lieutenant - gover- nor 1895 ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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