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Like Jagat Seths financing against Nauhria Mahajan Moneylenders of South India working in were financing against
Probably by Saini of this c1850 is now at

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2020-12-18

🦔オレはLucknow生まれ high-tatsu育ち🦔近所のババアとは大体友達

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2020-11-16

Making a frame for Fireworks, Lucknow, India, 1815-20

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2020-11-08

The shimmering clothes of nawabi Lucknow required the labour of many skilled artisans

A craftsman in the 18 th c is pounding a strip of gold into a thin tape to be would around silk to thread.

British library

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2020-10-31

Festive Season begins! And, Dussehra is approaching.
c1815 now at depicts 'Making a Frame for Fireworks', in the same way Effigies are made today.

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2020-10-19

‘khuda e Sukhan’ Mir Taqi Mir, one of the great Urdu poets, in one of the only portraits of him in old age to have survived. Fleeing Delhi after the chas of 1739, he never reconciled himself to the culture of Lucknow.
Lucknow, 1800, Relia collection

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2020-09-09

OTD Imam Baksh Nasikh died in 1838 in Lucknow.
He was born in 1775 at Faizabad. During his childhood, he came to Lucknow & learned Persian & Arabic. He was also fond of wrestling. He was inspired by Mir Taqi Mir & wanted to became his disciple but Mir refused!
📸 urdushayari

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2020-08-16

Guru Nanak Devji, 19th cen Lucknow or Deccan. Wearing patchwork cloak on top inscribed Kurta & an embroidered pink cap with golden borders, scene set on a terrace. pic frm Chiswick.

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2020-07-31

After the conquest of Lucknow, an unrelenting series of murder and mayhem ensued. Every Hindustani was put to sword regardless of them being soldiers or peasants.
https://t.co/GWNGtZBiv0 trans by &

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2020-07-19

Royal prisoners taken after the 1857 Siege of Lucknow, at a hospital. L to R, Mustafa Ali Khan (elder brother of Wajid Ali Shah), Darogha Syed Khadim Hussain, Mughal Princes- Mirza Muhammad Humayun Shah & Mirza Muhammad Haider Shikoh and Raja Drig Narayan Singh of Tulsipur. © RCT

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2020-06-09

In 1875/76, Digbijeh Singh (Poss. a talukqdaar) had presented 2 baby elephants with mahouts to the visiting Prince of Wales (l8r King Edward VII) in Lucknow

These + numerous other mammals & bird species were presented to leading to a 1/3rd rise in visitors nos https://t.co/S2hjBNuW84

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2020-06-02


'Ladies Visiting Holy Men at a Shrine at Night'.
c1760 ad by artist of
C'est la actually. Yet another magnificent painting from collection.

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2020-03-13

Charkha? Takli-Katli?
spinning Yarn making was a profession required skills, often passed on generation to generation, in clan. company painting documented such jobs
here to highlight women participation in Economy?
Painting from Lucknow, ca:1815-20

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2020-02-11

Join us next Wednesday for a on the Collection’s exceptional Lucknow arms and armour and discover the tantalising link to our show,

Book now: https://t.co/eJyhBaQnqw

Image: Unknown Artist, White Waterlily, c.1795. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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2020-01-24

The Oldest Monuments of Lucknow ..the Nadan Mahal tomb complex (16th century) where Sheikh Abdur Rahim and his descendants are buried

The Sheikh was the first governor of Awadh during the reign of Akbar

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2020-01-21

1904 : 'United We Stand Divided We Fall'
The Awadh Punch (or Oudh Punch) was an Urdu satirical weekly published from Lucknow, (1877-1936)
Founder & Editor : Sajjad Husain
Pandit Ratan Nath Sarshar & Akbar Allahabadi were notable contributors.
Courtesy

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2019-12-22



I noticed none of the top 10 most polluted cities is in the west

Gurugram, India
Ghaziabad
Faridabad
Bhiwadi
Noida
Patna
Lucknow, India
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Hotan, China
Lahore, Pakistan

https://t.co/zy9nRIP0JZ





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2019-12-01

The Tiger Hunt. Nawab Asaf ud-Daula with European guests. Lucknow, 1810. Simon Ray.

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2019-11-25


Pic1
Copper engraving by H. Salt & C. Heath, published in George Viscount Valentia's Voyages & Travels, 1811
via: https://t.co/BCGRRuhUPX
Pic2
from north-west by c1814 (BL)
Pic3
Lord Hasting's elephant procession.SeetaRam1814

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2019-09-29