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 xviii
... Iron Bridge over the Gomti River . Opening of La Martinière school for boys . Wajid Ali Shah builds Kaiserbagh where he entertains poets and dancers with munificence . His lavishness helps Lord Dalhouste to pronounce his deposition ...
... Iron Bridge over the Gomti River . Opening of La Martinière school for boys . Wajid Ali Shah builds Kaiserbagh where he entertains poets and dancers with munificence . His lavishness helps Lord Dalhouste to pronounce his deposition ...
Page 74
... iron , saltpetre and other raw materials . In winter 1776 , Martin set up a new gunpowder factory , and according to the papers discovered after his death , he pos- sessed several buildings in the military industrial complex of Lucknow ...
... iron , saltpetre and other raw materials . In winter 1776 , Martin set up a new gunpowder factory , and according to the papers discovered after his death , he pos- sessed several buildings in the military industrial complex of Lucknow ...
Page 201
... iron bridge on that wonderful eastern Oxford view of domes and minarets and cupolas , standing out against the golden glory of the setting sun . All that was best in me , and perhaps something more , I gave to Lucknow ( Harcourt Butler ...
... iron bridge on that wonderful eastern Oxford view of domes and minarets and cupolas , standing out against the golden glory of the setting sun . All that was best in me , and perhaps something more , I gave to Lucknow ( Harcourt Butler ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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