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 xii
... never misconstrued my efforts to decipher the on - going politics . I am also deeply grateful to those in political circles who found the time to answer my questions , among whom Narain Dutt Tiwari , several times head of the Lucknow ...
... never misconstrued my efforts to decipher the on - going politics . I am also deeply grateful to those in political circles who found the time to answer my questions , among whom Narain Dutt Tiwari , several times head of the Lucknow ...
Page xiii
... never questioned my repeated trips to India , and bore gracefully with my unceasing lectures on Lucknow ? Finally , I could never have carried through the project without the solid support of Philippe , my husband , and the complicity ...
... never questioned my repeated trips to India , and bore gracefully with my unceasing lectures on Lucknow ? Finally , I could never have carried through the project without the solid support of Philippe , my husband , and the complicity ...
Page 249
... never stop grieving , never stop complaining . Never feel- ing guilty for the fact that their fathers divided Mother India , they are constantly mobilized by their leaders , religious or political , on issues which are largely ...
... never stop grieving , never stop complaining . Never feel- ing guilty for the fact that their fathers divided Mother India , they are constantly mobilized by their leaders , religious or political , on issues which are largely ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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