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 79
... native artist ' , ' 6 fancy figures by native painters ' , and so on . We would like to know the names of the Indian painters who worked for Martin and who began at Lucknow the remarkable syncretism between Euro- pean and Indian ...
... native artist ' , ' 6 fancy figures by native painters ' , and so on . We would like to know the names of the Indian painters who worked for Martin and who began at Lucknow the remarkable syncretism between Euro- pean and Indian ...
Page 107
... natives inside , but he checked me by answering , ' Do not say that ; we could not hold the place without them — they outnumber us . ' It was a fearful reflection . Julia Inglis later remarks that ' one cannot trust much to native ...
... natives inside , but he checked me by answering , ' Do not say that ; we could not hold the place without them — they outnumber us . ' It was a fearful reflection . Julia Inglis later remarks that ' one cannot trust much to native ...
Page 122
... Native Societies and Religious and Social Matters ' in the Selections from the Native Newspa- pers ) escalated into bloody feuds involving scores of people and turning Lucknow and its adjoining districts into a cauldron of sectarian ...
... Native Societies and Religious and Social Matters ' in the Selections from the Native Newspa- pers ) escalated into bloody feuds involving scores of people and turning Lucknow and its adjoining districts into a cauldron of sectarian ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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