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 124
... leaders , now jumped into the fray . He advocated civil disobedience . Thousands paid heed to his call and courted arrest . Though a fervent advocate of secular nationalism and a principled critic of the ' two - nation theory ' , he ...
... leaders , now jumped into the fray . He advocated civil disobedience . Thousands paid heed to his call and courted arrest . Though a fervent advocate of secular nationalism and a principled critic of the ' two - nation theory ' , he ...
Page 132
... leaders assumed ambivalent positions . Most settled for a divide - and - rule policy , doling out concessions first to the Shias and then to the Sunnis . This strategy worked for a little while . Shia leaders , having rallied round the ...
... leaders assumed ambivalent positions . Most settled for a divide - and - rule policy , doling out concessions first to the Shias and then to the Sunnis . This strategy worked for a little while . Shia leaders , having rallied round the ...
Page 235
... leader , Jagjivan Ram . However , for all his experience as a minister , Jagjivan Ram was not a man to draw crowds ... leaders of the community . The Muslim split was obvious in several constituencies , including Lucknow itself , where ...
... leader , Jagjivan Ram . However , for all his experience as a minister , Jagjivan Ram was not a man to draw crowds ... leaders of the community . The Muslim split was obvious in several constituencies , including Lucknow itself , where ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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