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 55
... room at first floor level , giving a watery , Venetian feeling , particularly when the Gomti rose during the monsoon . There were two basement storeys , one above the other , set into the river bank . These contained extensive rooms ...
... room at first floor level , giving a watery , Venetian feeling , particularly when the Gomti rose during the monsoon . There were two basement storeys , one above the other , set into the river bank . These contained extensive rooms ...
Page 58
... rooms in the front of the building . Baronne remains , even in its ruined state , the epitome of Lucknow's hybrid ... room , sometimes circular , marked by the tomb itself , or a commemorative sculpture . At Constantia the tomb was first ...
... rooms in the front of the building . Baronne remains , even in its ruined state , the epitome of Lucknow's hybrid ... room , sometimes circular , marked by the tomb itself , or a commemorative sculpture . At Constantia the tomb was first ...
Page 219
... room tenements and only eleven per cent of the families have four or more rooms per family . As many as twenty - seven per cent of the families live in houses without a latrine , bathroom , kitchen , store and box - room , dining room ...
... room tenements and only eleven per cent of the families have four or more rooms per family . As many as twenty - seven per cent of the families live in houses without a latrine , bathroom , kitchen , store and box - room , dining room ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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