Rebellion was not a trait of Awadh, but when a popular king was unceremoniously dethroned, his brigade of loyalists raised a formidable coalition that battered and bled the British and scripted a glorious chapter in the 1857 Uprising.It’s March of 1856. A small group is accompanying a mild-mannered man who is bidding the final adieu…
Apart from being the city of rich heritage and mouth-watering delicacies, Lucknow is also the capital of India’s most politically charged state that spins legions of stories from the corridors of power. Rajiv Srivastava narrates a few of them…Civil War!It was 1974. Congress’s Swaroop Kumari Bakshi was facing a piquant situation in the state elections….
By- Ravi BhattLucknow was historically and culturally an important & prosperous place much before Asaf-ud-Daula made it his capital city in 1775.One thing is common between Lucknow’s admirers and critics – both wonder what Lucknow was like before nawabs arrived here and evolved not only as a highly sophisticated and refined culture of its kind…
Mariaon Cantonment: A colonial enclave in the heart of Awadh In 1807, a significant shift occurred in the colonial landscape of Lucknow when the British East India Company relocated its cantonment from the banks of the Gomti River to Madiaon (then Marion), a village nearly four miles north of the city (Residency). This move marked…
Lucknow has long been more than a city of nawabs, poetry, and etiquette — it has also been the cradle of administration and governance in northern India. In 1921, when the British shifted the capital of the United Provinces from Allahabad to Lucknow, the city became the nerve centre of colonial power and order. Wide…
Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Tuesday, said that while British and French colonialism are often discussed, there is little mention of “political Islam,” which, he said, has inflicted the greatest blow on the Sanatan faith. He noted that great warriors like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Guru Gobind Singh, Maharana Pratap, and Maharana Sanga waged battles…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday paid homage to the martyrs of the Uttar Pradesh Police at the Police Memorial Day event held at the Reserve Police Lines, Lucknow.Insisting that the sacrifices made by these courageous officers are a priceless asset to the state and the nation, the CM said that such acts of…
Lucknow: Building on the success of its flagship One District One Product (ODOP) initiative, the Uttar Pradesh govt has prepared an elaborate plan to scale up the scheme by deepening value chains, expanding product base and enhancing its global presence.Additional chief secretary, MSME, Alok Kumar said the next phase of ODOP would focus on “deepening…
Lucknow: Four days after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav stoked a row by questioning Yogi Adityanath govt’s spending on Deepotsav celebrations, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday termed the remark as an “act of self-destruction”.VHP international president Alok Kumar said Akhilesh’s remarks exposed SP’s “anti-Ram” stance, which in 1990 drove party patriarch and former CM…
Ayodhya: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath celebrated Diwali with the Nishad community in Ayodhya and distributed sweets, gifts, and sparklers to children while visiting the slums and offered baskets of sweets and fruits to the elderly and women.Amid chants of Jai Shri Ram and Bharat Mata ki Jai, Yogi said that lighting a lamp in every…
