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 12
... major group tendencies stood face to face , strangely enough with the exception of Sardar Patel , most of the protagonists belonged to Uttar Pradesh . Accordingly , from the very first days of Independence , Lucknow appeared as a ...
... major group tendencies stood face to face , strangely enough with the exception of Sardar Patel , most of the protagonists belonged to Uttar Pradesh . Accordingly , from the very first days of Independence , Lucknow appeared as a ...
Page 231
... major role in the establ- ishment of the University . It is the Punjabis and the Sindhis however , coming as refugees in 1947 , who have called into question the romantic memories of the city and its leisured way of life . They ...
... major role in the establ- ishment of the University . It is the Punjabis and the Sindhis however , coming as refugees in 1947 , who have called into question the romantic memories of the city and its leisured way of life . They ...
Page 243
... major incidents . However , tensions started sim- mering in Western UP ( see Chowdhury , 1986 ) and violence erupted in various places , reaching Allahabad in June 1986. More disquieting than these local disturbances were the news ...
... major incidents . However , tensions started sim- mering in Western UP ( see Chowdhury , 1986 ) and violence erupted in various places , reaching Allahabad in June 1986. More disquieting than these local disturbances were the news ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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