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 162
... important to educate their daughters as their sons ; indeed , it was probably more important to educate the daughters . Keep- ing women ignorant meant that neither their sons nor their daughters would receive any basic education at home ...
... important to educate their daughters as their sons ; indeed , it was probably more important to educate the daughters . Keep- ing women ignorant meant that neither their sons nor their daughters would receive any basic education at home ...
Page 171
... important books , not only in Urdu but also in Persian , Arabic , Hindi and Sanskrit . He also started a weekly journal , Avadh Akhbar , which launched the career of one of the most important prose fiction writers in Urdu , Pandit Ratan ...
... important books , not only in Urdu but also in Persian , Arabic , Hindi and Sanskrit . He also started a weekly journal , Avadh Akhbar , which launched the career of one of the most important prose fiction writers in Urdu , Pandit Ratan ...
Page 200
... important of which were Newal Kishore's Oudh Akbar and Sajjad Husain's much - loved satirical journal , Oudh Punch . By the early twentieth century these had been joined by two important Eng- lish language newspapers , the Advocate and ...
... important of which were Newal Kishore's Oudh Akbar and Sajjad Husain's much - loved satirical journal , Oudh Punch . By the early twentieth century these had been joined by two important Eng- lish language newspapers , the Advocate and ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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