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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... society dominated by Western ideas and institutions . ( Such apprehensions had , in fact , led Maulvi Fazl - i - Haq Khairabadi , a reputed scholar , to take part in the 1857 revolt ) . It is hard to imagine anyone in Lucknow or its ...
... society dominated by Western ideas and institutions . ( Such apprehensions had , in fact , led Maulvi Fazl - i - Haq Khairabadi , a reputed scholar , to take part in the 1857 revolt ) . It is hard to imagine anyone in Lucknow or its ...
Page 139
... society that blatantly favours males over females , a brief sketch of the historical back- ground of the tawaif , or the courtesans of Lucknow , is in order . At all Hindu and Muslim courts in the many kingdoms that made up the sub ...
... society that blatantly favours males over females , a brief sketch of the historical back- ground of the tawaif , or the courtesans of Lucknow , is in order . At all Hindu and Muslim courts in the many kingdoms that made up the sub ...
Page 270
... Society , 1885-1985 , Delhi , Chanakya Publications . · ( 1990 ) , ' Aligarh's long quest for Minority Status ' , Economic and Political Weekly , 11 August , pp . 1771–81 . ( 1991 ) , ' Religious Identities and Indian Politics ...
... Society , 1885-1985 , Delhi , Chanakya Publications . · ( 1990 ) , ' Aligarh's long quest for Minority Status ' , Economic and Political Weekly , 11 August , pp . 1771–81 . ( 1991 ) , ' Religious Identities and Indian Politics ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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