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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... position to maintain itself in complete isolation from other areas . Despite the unfettered political and military adventurism that accompanied and followed the decline of imperial power , none of the adventurers was strong enough to be ...
... position to maintain itself in complete isolation from other areas . Despite the unfettered political and military adventurism that accompanied and followed the decline of imperial power , none of the adventurers was strong enough to be ...
Page 140
... position of manager after a suc- cessful career as a tawaif . Having acquired wealth and fame , such women were able to recruit and train women who came to them , along with the more talented daughters of the household . Typically a ...
... position of manager after a suc- cessful career as a tawaif . Having acquired wealth and fame , such women were able to recruit and train women who came to them , along with the more talented daughters of the household . Typically a ...
Page 157
... position for which he needed no English . On the side , he studied English assiduously , and within two years had achieved reasonable fluency . He then started reading western science and philoso- phy , devouring works by Darwin ...
... position for which he needed no English . On the side , he studied English assiduously , and within two years had achieved reasonable fluency . He then started reading western science and philoso- phy , devouring works by Darwin ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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