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 99
... siege . The first lady was Julia Inglis , a daughter of the first Lord Chelmsford , who was only twenty - four then , with her baby and two boys under five years of age . Her husband was Brigadier John Inglis , who commanded the gar ...
... siege . The first lady was Julia Inglis , a daughter of the first Lord Chelmsford , who was only twenty - four then , with her baby and two boys under five years of age . Her husband was Brigadier John Inglis , who commanded the gar ...
Page 110
... siege - wan children , the Lucknow ladies gazing up with brimful eyes and arms outstretched in gratitude towards ... siege expressed it , ' Never has the noble character of Englishwomen shone with more real brightness than during this ...
... siege - wan children , the Lucknow ladies gazing up with brimful eyes and arms outstretched in gratitude towards ... siege expressed it , ' Never has the noble character of Englishwomen shone with more real brightness than during this ...
Page 112
... Siege of Lucknow , London , J. Nisbet . Case , Adelaide ( 1858 ) , Day by Day at Lucknow : A Journal of the Siege of Lucknow , London , Richard Bentley . Chaudhuri , S.B . ( 1957 ) , Civil Rebellion in the Indian Mutinies ( 1857-1859 ) ...
... Siege of Lucknow , London , J. Nisbet . Case , Adelaide ( 1858 ) , Day by Day at Lucknow : A Journal of the Siege of Lucknow , London , Richard Bentley . Chaudhuri , S.B . ( 1957 ) , Civil Rebellion in the Indian Mutinies ( 1857-1859 ) ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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