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 240
... votes . The Bharatiya Janata Party , the Hindu party , was almost wiped out with just 6.4 per cent votes and not a single seat ( in 1952 the newly - born Jan Sangh had managed 7.3 per cent ) . The Janata fared even worse with 3.6 per cent ...
... votes . The Bharatiya Janata Party , the Hindu party , was almost wiped out with just 6.4 per cent votes and not a single seat ( in 1952 the newly - born Jan Sangh had managed 7.3 per cent ) . The Janata fared even worse with 3.6 per cent ...
Page 252
... votes , the party base remained hopelessly narrow , with 7.6 per cent of the votes . The situation was certainly more encouraging at the Assembly level but it was clear that the competition with the Congress party for the upper - caste vote ...
... votes , the party base remained hopelessly narrow , with 7.6 per cent of the votes . The situation was certainly more encouraging at the Assembly level but it was clear that the competition with the Congress party for the upper - caste vote ...
Page 264
... Votes polled by the leading parties ( V.S. ) in UP ( % ) votes polled by the two main candidates in Lok Sabha Constituency ( LS ) The LS elections in May bring BJP 33.4 A.B. Vajpayee ( BJP ) 53.19 no surprise . Votes are divided . Yet ...
... Votes polled by the leading parties ( V.S. ) in UP ( % ) votes polled by the two main candidates in Lok Sabha Constituency ( LS ) The LS elections in May bring BJP 33.4 A.B. Vajpayee ( BJP ) 53.19 no surprise . Votes are divided . Yet ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
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