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The dance has its origins in Northern India and especially Lucknow. The classical Indian dance form Kathak originated from Lucknow. [196] Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh, was a great patron and a passionate champion of Kathak. Lachhu Maharaj, Acchchan Maharaj, Shambhu Maharaj and Birju Maharaj have kept this tradition alive. [197] [198]
Lucknow district is a district located in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The city of Lucknow is the district headquarters and the district is part of Lucknow division . It is also the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. [ 1 ]
Chhota Imambara, Lucknow Rumi Darwaza, Lucknow Charbagh Railway Station, Lucknow Husainabad Clock Tower, Lucknow La Martinere College, Lucknow Bara Imambara, Lucknow. This is a list of tourist attractions in Lucknow, the capital city of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh [1]
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 .
Dilkusha Kothi is the remains of an eighteenth-century house built in the English baroque style in the quiet Dilkusha area of Lucknow in India. [1] Today there are only a few towers and external walls as a monument, though the extensive gardens remain.
From the time of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 it was often photographed by such figures as Felice Beato, Samuel Bourne, [5] Darogha Ubbas Alli, and Thomas Rust.. In December 2013 a two-day Wajid Ali Shah Festival was organized by filmmaker Muzaffar Ali's Rumi Foundation at Chattar Manzil to pay tribute to the Nawab of Oudh.
Mohammad Hidayatullah, former acting President of India (1969–1969); former vice-president of India (1979–1984); 11th Chief justice of India (1968–1970) Sheila Kaul, former Union Cabinet Minister in India; Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, former Minister of Health; Begum Hazrat Mahal, Queen of Oudh; Satish Mishra, lawyer; Brajesh Pathak, politician
The siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British Residency within the city of Lucknow from rebel sepoys (Indian soldiers in the British East India Company's Army) during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.