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 77
... probably according to the method introduced by Elias Monnereau and widely used in Bengal . ' Du Jardin ' was hired most probably because of the technical knowledge necessary for the development and industrial treatment of these new ...
... probably according to the method introduced by Elias Monnereau and widely used in Bengal . ' Du Jardin ' was hired most probably because of the technical knowledge necessary for the development and industrial treatment of these new ...
Page 120
... probably why Sharar declared ( 1975 : 74-5 ) that no one in Lucknow ever noticed who was a Sunni and who a Shia . Lucknow was , both before and during Nawabi rule , relatively free of religious insularity or sectarian bigotry . The Shia ...
... probably why Sharar declared ( 1975 : 74-5 ) that no one in Lucknow ever noticed who was a Sunni and who a Shia . Lucknow was , both before and during Nawabi rule , relatively free of religious insularity or sectarian bigotry . The Shia ...
Page 217
... probably ranks next to Cawnpore with important assembly markets for agricultural produce and with a provincial and even national market for its art and luxury products . ' There was relatively little heavy industry ( certainly nothing ...
... probably ranks next to Cawnpore with important assembly markets for agricultural produce and with a provincial and even national market for its art and luxury products . ' There was relatively little heavy industry ( certainly nothing ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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