A Fatal Friendship: The Nawabs, the British, and the City of LucknowOxford University Press, 1985 - 284 pages The city of Lucknow, once described as "the last example of the old pomp and refinement of Hindustan", still remains one of the most interesting cities of north India. This lively urban history presents a panorama of the political, cultural, and architectural life of Lucknow during its heyday: from the ascendancy of the first nawab in the early 18th century to the deposition of the last nawab in 1856. Focusing on the architecture itself and the particular psychologies that lay behind the building facades, the author draws some intriguing conclusions about nawabi Lucknow and the colonial mind in its relation to Indian urban life. |
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Page 77
... extremely isolated . " The British subsidiary force , ' wrote Bishop Heber in 1825 , ' is by a strange choice , placed in a cantonment five miles from the town , separated by the broad and rapid stream of the Goomti'.49 The Iron Bridge ...
... extremely isolated . " The British subsidiary force , ' wrote Bishop Heber in 1825 , ' is by a strange choice , placed in a cantonment five miles from the town , separated by the broad and rapid stream of the Goomti'.49 The Iron Bridge ...
Page 134
... extremely desirous to possess it'.5 A revealing sentence about Asaf - ud - daula stated that ' His Highness could never bear to hear that any person possessed anything superior to his own " and this attitude carried to its logical ...
... extremely desirous to possess it'.5 A revealing sentence about Asaf - ud - daula stated that ' His Highness could never bear to hear that any person possessed anything superior to his own " and this attitude carried to its logical ...
Page 203
... extremely elaborate and are housed for a year in imambaras before they are taken through the streets to be ceremoniously buried . The taziyas are invested with an immense feeling of sacredness and the fact that they must be housed in a ...
... extremely elaborate and are housed for a year in imambaras before they are taken through the streets to be ceremoniously buried . The taziyas are invested with an immense feeling of sacredness and the fact that they must be housed in a ...
Contents
At the top of La Martiniere | 6 |
The Europeans of Lucknow | 17 |
European Dreams and Indian Fantasies | 41 |
Copyright | |
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