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 171
... soon moved on to bigger things . Lucknow at the time was full of highly talented - but penniless after the Mutiny - poets , writers , calli- graphers , dastan - tellers and other denizens of the book trade . Newal Kishore taking full ...
... soon moved on to bigger things . Lucknow at the time was full of highly talented - but penniless after the Mutiny - poets , writers , calli- graphers , dastan - tellers and other denizens of the book trade . Newal Kishore taking full ...
Page 243
... Soon it became clear that he would back the Prime Minister to the hilt ( Awasthi , 1988 ) . His support would prove most useful when precisely at the time of the Meerut riots - the Bofors scandal - developed into a major crisis which ...
... Soon it became clear that he would back the Prime Minister to the hilt ( Awasthi , 1988 ) . His support would prove most useful when precisely at the time of the Meerut riots - the Bofors scandal - developed into a major crisis which ...
Page 250
... soon made known ; the controversial Shilanyas would take place but court orders about mainte- nance of the status quo on the disputed site would also be respected . For the Janata Dal , the situation was more than embarrassing . It ...
... soon made known ; the controversial Shilanyas would take place but court orders about mainte- nance of the status quo on the disputed site would also be respected . For the Janata Dal , the situation was more than embarrassing . It ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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