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Quick Action is what CM Yogi specialises in. The Left Libbie Lobby is busy capitalising on it...but before they could cry, action is taken by Yogi govt in Kanpur.

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2022-06-04

The Last Voyage 2.2.1887. "Arrived at Cawnpore at 2am. Drove at 6.45 through the streets to the Memorial Gardens...Proceeded by train to Lucknow." R.T. Pritchett's drawing "Meari, The Last Of The Thugs" [Thuggee].

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2022-02-03

Tanner
Grown up in Kanpur thus got used to stinking smell in air while passing thru Jajamau bridge & near Unnao on Lucknow Highway. Tannery on banks of Ganga were contributor of pollution. Present time many changes brought in, don't know new technology being used?
Leather trade

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2021-06-23

Preparation of Sati
now abolished
Sketch by Robert Melville Grindlay

reminded of Fanny Parkes wrote about Sati at Kanpur
begum thugs compiled by

cites a manuscript given by Baroda Gaikwad that contained description of rituals
read here👇
https://t.co/eIq1VCOoKn

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2021-02-12

Inhabitants from Village of Rania?
Delhi; 1815-1816
painting at David Collection from William Fraser albums

Amiban was his Indian wife

Fraser had very close relationship with native population & spoke their various languages

Reminds रनियां is a village in Kanpur too?

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2021-01-28

Ramal was 9 year old carpet weaver from my Kanpur, UP
child labour was (&still?) in many such trades
Painting by Rudolf Swoboda at
instant connect i got, next time will see more to it when i go to kanpur, to know present status of weaving

https://t.co/Qz9VqTLacX

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2021-01-25

Siege of Cawnpore was key episode in Indian rebellion of 1857. besieged Company forces & civilians in Kanpur were unprepared for an extended siege & surrendered to rebel forces under Nana Sahib, in return for a safe passage to Allahabad.
pic is one sided view of Massacre ghat

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2019-08-15