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The Nawabs were an integral part of the city's architecture as they were the few with the means to construct the monuments that still hold today. [1] These were the Iranian group of Mughal nobility and therefore held a close connection to Persian ideologies which influenced a lot of their stylistic features, for example, the animal motifs like the fish emblem. [2]
Firangi Mahal is a building complex located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The word Firang (originally referring to Franks) refers to Europeans and Mahal means palace in Persian . The name originated from the fact that original owners of this Mahal were Europeans .
Tamil Nadu: 1900 Clock tower Chennai: Tamil Nadu: 1948 [3] [4] Ripon Building: Chennai: Tamil Nadu: 1913 Annamalai University Clock Tower: Chidambaram: Tamil Nadu: TNAU Clock Tower: Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu: Ghantaghar Dehradun: Uttarakhand: 1953 [5] Ghantaghar Delhi: National Capital Territory: 1870 Partially collapsed in 1950 and subsequently ...
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It is an example of Awadhi architecture. [1] The Rumi Darwaza stands sixty feet tall [2] and was modeled after the Sublime Porte (Bab-i-Hümayun/بابِ همایون) in Istanbul. [3] It is adjacent to the Asafi Imambara, Teele Wali Masjid and has become a symbol for the city of Lucknow. It used to mark the entrance to Old Lucknow.
The Residency, Lucknow, in the foreground is the Treasury building, far left behind it the Martinière post. The Banquet Hall in the middle at the back. The Residency , also called as the British Residency and Residency Complex , is a group of several buildings in a common precinct in the city of Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh , India .
Lucknow was ranked "India's second happiest city" in a survey conducted by IMRB International and LG Corporation, after only Chandigarh. It fared better than other metropolitan cities in India including New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai. Lucknow was found to be better than other cities in areas such as food, transit and overall citizen satisfaction.
Jama Masjid, Lucknow is a mosque located in the area of Husainabad, Lucknow.The construction of this mosque was started in the year 1839 A.D. by Muhammad Ali Shah, third Badshah of Awadh with the intention to surpass the Jama Masjid at Delhi in size, but after his death the mosque was completed by his wife Queen Malika Jahan Sahiba in the year 1845 A.D. [1]