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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... wrote , ' It is easy to give a foreign turn to the ideas of a nation , in matters of luxury and the creations of fancy , not so as regards affairs of necessity and utility and religion . ' In Lucknow , he wrote , ' its luxury was ...
... wrote , ' It is easy to give a foreign turn to the ideas of a nation , in matters of luxury and the creations of fancy , not so as regards affairs of necessity and utility and religion . ' In Lucknow , he wrote , ' its luxury was ...
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... wrote , ' was Rs 3,230 and this is the more remarkable as the Residency is totally out of repair ' . 47 The daroga at the time was Mir Hus- sein Ali Londoni , who was described as ' an old man enmeshed in greed ' , 48 a remark confirmed ...
... wrote , ' was Rs 3,230 and this is the more remarkable as the Residency is totally out of repair ' . 47 The daroga at the time was Mir Hus- sein Ali Londoni , who was described as ' an old man enmeshed in greed ' , 48 a remark confirmed ...
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... wrote , worthy of record ' he wrote to his mother in April 1857 , and even at the end of April was still writing with easy expectancy : ' there will be a bit of a row . . .but I don't think much harm will come of it.'41 Certainly life ...
... wrote , worthy of record ' he wrote to his mother in April 1857 , and even at the end of April was still writing with easy expectancy : ' there will be a bit of a row . . .but I don't think much harm will come of it.'41 Certainly life ...
Contents
The Three Cities of Lucknow | 1 |
The Europeans of Lucknow | 17 |
European Dreams and Indian Fantasies | 41 |
Copyright | |
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