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 56
... surrounded by a tiled veranda , with a spiral staircase at one side that gave access to the flat roof . The Residency offices and Treasury were even more makeshift and were described by the Resident as ' Straw Buildings ' . It was only ...
... surrounded by a tiled veranda , with a spiral staircase at one side that gave access to the flat roof . The Residency offices and Treasury were even more makeshift and were described by the Resident as ' Straw Buildings ' . It was only ...
Page 101
... this cultural context had bravely survived a five months - long siege surrounded by ' hordes ' of ' bloodthirsty rebels ' . First - hand narratives of their trials Lucknow Besieged ( 1857 ) : Feminine Records of the Event / 101.
... this cultural context had bravely survived a five months - long siege surrounded by ' hordes ' of ' bloodthirsty rebels ' . First - hand narratives of their trials Lucknow Besieged ( 1857 ) : Feminine Records of the Event / 101.
Page 222
... surrounded legislation and the political bargaining or manipulation on which the province's political operations came to depend , constituted a new , vastly expanded , political life for the city . Lucknow's own electoral field was ...
... surrounded legislation and the political bargaining or manipulation on which the province's political operations came to depend , constituted a new , vastly expanded , political life for the city . Lucknow's own electoral field was ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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