Author: Sidney Hay
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 215
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171679870
Description
The lucid writing style of the author enables the readers to experience Lucknow’s fall from the days of opulence and splendour to those of the British domination brought about by the Nawab’s lack of foresight and inefficiency.
Lucknow has a remarkably fascinating history – from the days of Nawabi splendour and ostentation to the struggle against the British – and was one of the main centers of the 1857 revolt. Each of the numerous architectural remains in the city bears testimony to some historical event or the other.
This book attempts to tell the history of the city through these monuments – be it the inimitable Imambara, the Residency, the Moti Mahal, the Walaiti Bagh or Begum Kothi.
Contents
Foreword
Sa’adat Khan
Safdar Jang
Shuja-ud-Doulah
Asaf-ud-Doulah
Wazir Ali-Interloper
Sa’adat Ali Khan
Ghazi-ud-Din Haider
Nasir-ud-Din Haider
Muhammad Ali Shah
Amjad Ali Shah
Wajid Ali Shah
The Residency
The Alam Bagh
The Badshah Bagh
The Begum Kothi
The Bibiapur Kothi
The Bridges of Lucknow
The Chutter Munzil Palaces
Lucknow Shrines
Dilkusha Palace
The Great Imambara
The Hayat Bakhsh Kothi
Hazratganj
The Husainabad Imambara
The Jama Majsid
John Collins
The Kaisar Bagh Palaces
The Khurshaed Munzil
The Lal Baradari
La Martiniere
The Machhi Bhawan
The Maqbara of Amjad Ali Shah
The Maqbara of Sa’adat Ali Khan
The Mariaon cantonment in the Eighteen Fifties
The Moti Mahal
The Musa Bagh
The Qadam Rasul
The Roshan-ud-Doulah Kothi
The Rumi Darwaza
SCARCE-REMEMBERED PLACES
The Shah Najaf
The Sher Darwaza
The Sikandar Bagh
The Taluqdars’ hall
The Tara Wala Kothi
The Walaiti Bagh