Lucknow the capital of uttar pradesh situated on both sides of the Gomti river. Lucknow is one of the most beautiful and strikingly or iginal cities of India, formarely, know as Laksnmanpur a hindu city founded in prehistoric days by
Lakshman the brother of Rama king of Ayodhya the hero of the epic, Lakshman lived here towards the end of his life.
The rich territory was saked by Mahamud of Ghazni and this nephew syed salar Masud made Governor. The Rajputs recaptured it around 1130 A.D. for a short Inderlude after which Shaikzadas pathans and sharqi sultans of Jaunpur successively occupied it Lucknow then became a part of the empire of Delhi Lodi Sultan ate, two famous Muslim saints, shah Mina and shah pir Mohammad made Lucknow their abode during the early Mohammedan occupation, In the death of Aurangeb in 1707A.D. the Mughal emperor, which was already tottering as a result of bigotry and lack of sympathy and foresight on the part of Aurangzeb who was surrounded by hordes of enemies his intolerance has created passed into the hands of his weak minded and dissolate suceessors. The end was not far off when Nadir shah the person invader, hastened it by sacking delhi and carrying off the famous peacock throne.
The rapid growth of lucknow dates from 1775 A.D. when Asaf-UdDaula the wazirer Nawab of oudh re¬moved the capital from Fyzabad to Lucknow and Ghazi-Ud-Din Haider was the first Nawab Wazier who was raised by Lord Hasting to the diginity of king of oudh in 1819 A.D. and city was promoted to the rank of the im¬perial city Nawabs.
Chronlogically Lucknow enters the mainstream of the history of
India as the capital of the kingdom of Oudh during the region of the fourth Nawab Asaf-ud-Daulah (1775¬1797 A.d) though Mohammad Aminsaad at Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk was appointed as the Nawab- Wazir in 1732 A.D. by the Mughal emperor in all eleven Nawabs of Saadat Khan's lineage Ruled. In less than a century.
The kingdom of Oudh had been under British and ministration since 1857 A.D. The last Nawab (King) wajid Alighah lost his throme was deposed by Lord Dalhousic the (East India compur) and a storm of Muting swept over the city of Nawab after which it was added to the British administration and many sweeping changes effected the style of the city. Markets were built for the general convenicence buildings were constructed and Lucknow was declared the capital of the United provinces.
The Lucknow became known as a centre for Urdu poetry and courtly diction and reched its aenu during the regin of leing wajid ali shah who was a connoisseur of music and poetry, The Nawabs of Lucknow were grat patrons of poetry and music dance and painting the crafts and cuisine.
Lucknow is famous for chicken embroidery work means to make flowers by thread on the cearsest cloth. Lucknow also has long born agreat Reputation for the perfumes the perfume knows askhas which is manufactured from the oil distilled from the sweet sunted roots of the khas grass is much apprecini.r1
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