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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Azimullah Khan: behind the scenes leader of the 1857 rebellion
This is a portrait, believed to be drawn from life by Richard Doyle, uncle of Arthur Conan Doyle, of the man who stood behind the scenes and pushed India into war: Azi mullah Khan Much is known about this shrewd … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century India, 19th century Lucknow, the British Raj, the Indian Mutiny
Tagged Azimullah Khan, leader of the first Indian war of independence, Lucknow courtesans, the "Indian Mutiny", The British Raj, the first war of Indian independence, The Great Game, the massacre at Cawnpore, the Rebellion, the Rebellion of 1857, the Seige of Lucknow
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The Music of Lucknow After the 1857 Rebellion
TWO DANCERS, PROBABLY FROM LUCKNOW In the mid-nineteenth century, Lucknow, Patna and Banaras remained the centres of the lively Purab bᾱj style of sitᾱr music, while the slower and more elaborate Delhi or Masitkhani style retained prominence in the areas … Continue reading
The Lucknow Courtesans: Indian Queens of a Golden Age
They were perhaps the least talked about women in colonial India. Yet, they were the standard bearers of a unique and exquisitely refined culture rooted in the fabled city of the Nawabs, Lucknow. Universally known as the loveliest entertainers in … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century India, 19th century Indian prostituion, the British Raj, victorian India
Tagged art exhibit India's fabled city, colonial India, fabled city of India, Lucknow, Lucknow courtesans, Musée Guimet in Paris. ... India's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow / Une cour royale en Inde: Lucknow, Nawabs, palaces of the Nawabs, The Art of Courtly Lucknow exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Stephen Markel and Tushara Bindu Gude
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Before Superman, Batman and Wolverine was…Dick Turpin and Black Bess
We usually think of comic books as products of the twentieth century. There’s certainly nothing Victorian about them, or is there? Actually, the modern comic book was first incarnated as a type of publication known in the Victorian era as … Continue reading
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