Lucknow the city of nawabs

The city of Nawabs Lucknow

Lucknow, a large city in northern India, people called city of nawabs
 Lucknow, a large city in northern India, is the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh. 
Toward its center is Rumi Darwaza, a Mughal gateway. Nearby, the 18th-century Bara ImambUpstairs, Bhool Bhulaiya is a maze of naara shrine has a huge arched hall. narrow tunnels with city views from its upper balconies. 
by, the grand Victorian Husainabad Clock Tower was built as a victory column in 1881.

on the east by Barabanki, on the west by Unnao, on the south by Raebareli and in the north by Sitapur and Hardoi, Lucknow sits on the northwestern shore of the Gomti River.

Historically, Lucknow was the capital of the Awadh region, controlled by the Delhi Sultanate and later the Mughal Empire. It was transferred to the Nawabs of Awadh. In 1856, the British East India Company abolished local rule and took complete control of the city along with the rest of Awadh and, in 1857, transferred it to the British Raj.Along with the rest of India, Lucknow became independent from Britain on 15 August 1947. It has been listed as the 17th-fastest growing city in India and 74th in the world.

Lucknow, along with Agra and Varanasi, is in the Uttar Pradesh Heritage Arc, a chain of survey triangulations created by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to boost tourism in the State of govt.

Chota Imambara

Until 1719, the subah of Awadh was a province of the Mughal Empire administered by a governor appointed by the emperor. Persian adventurer Saadat Khan, also known as Burhan-ul-Mulk, was appointed Nizam of Awadh in 1722 and established his court in Faizabad, near Lucknow.

One of the Nawab's enduring legacies is the region's syncretic Hindu–Muslim culture that has come to be known as the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb.

More about Lucknow  in my next blog