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Durbar scene showing Wajid Ali Shah of #Oudh embracing Gov-Gen Lord Hardinge on his visit to Lucknow, Nov 1847. British civil & military officers as well as sepoys present. 1847 with @britishlibrary #History #Art #Lucknow @ssharadmohhan @Peachtreespeaks @iamrana @Mannzie @JAJafri https://t.co/zLcTeqXOK6
Capture of sikandarabad!
93rd Highlanders entering breach in wall of Secunderbagh, Lucknow, 16th November 1857 during Indian Mutiny
William George Drummond Stewart, at charge awarded with Victoria Cross, in total 18 VC awarded on that day, largest ever,
6 on 93rd Highlanders
Lucknow, 1pm 8th December 1873, by Edward Lear. (Pencil, sepia ink, watercolour)
Wajid Ali Shah & his wives watch a dance drama #Lucknow, 1850 from a manuscript of the Ishqnama. It is a Radha-Krishna inspired performance by two of his Paris & Musicians ...1/2 @Art #History #Oudh @DalrympleWill @dpanikkar @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @Mannzie @sialmirzagoraya
‘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
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 @ubbermensch & @SabaSaif17
#Lucknow #Mutiny
The Virgin Mary and Child Jesus by an unknown artist, Lucknow, Mughal India, c. 1760.
Based on a print by by Egidius Sadeler II.
Based on a painting by Hans von Aachen.
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 @V_and_A
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 @Soofinama
@JournalismIndia
#IGotWokeWhen
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
#YouveBeenBrainwashed
#TheyLied
#ThirdWorld
The Tiger Hunt. Nawab Asaf ud-Daula with European guests. Lucknow, 1810. Simon Ray.
life of Durga Bhabhi was full of struggles.
interesting to note: in those days spread of movement of people. she was born, later lived in Lahore & Delhi, travelled to Kanpur, Lucknow to Calcutta. late she opened school in Lucknow, in old age died at Gaziabad, lived in anonymity
(Two views, close-up)
Iskandar (Sikandar) meets the Archangel Israfil while Khizr prays at the Water of Life
Folio from a copy of Firdausi's Shahnama (completed 8 March 1010),
made for
Nawab Sa'adat 'Ali Khan (r. 1798-1814) of Awadh
#Lucknow,
c.1797-99
https://t.co/8G9LdcTalo
During #ShahJahan’s reign that portable tandoors were introduced, and by 1700 the #Naan had reached the masses
It was a regular breakfast item in areas like #Lucknow, #Bhopal and #Rampur.”
It also appealed to #European taste buds and thrivede in #Britain’s culinary landscape
Doing this again for #SouthAsianArtists 🙌🏽
I'm Javeria from Lucknow, India ✨ I love to do character art and some other stuff I like ~🌠