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Pdewan: /* After 1947 */

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‎After 1947

Pdewan: /* See also */

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‎See also

Jyoti: /* Lucknow City, as in 1908 */

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‎Lucknow City, as in 1908

Pdewan: /* Famous places to eat */

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‎Famous places to eat

Pdewan: /* History */

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‎History

Pdewan: /* Famous places to eat */

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‎Famous places to eat

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Jyoti at 09:08, 2 February 2022

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Jyoti: /* Lucknow City, as in 1908 */

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‎Lucknow City, as in 1908

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‎Lucknow City, as in 1908

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 =After 1947=
-==Famous places to eat at==
+Content awaited
-===2011===
-The Times of India, Sep 9, 2011
+[[Category:India|LLUCKNOWLUCKNOWLUCKNOW: HOME PAGELUCKNOW: HOME PAGE
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-''' Historical buildings, crumbling edifices, chikankari embroidery, and, of course, the legendary Lucknawi tehzeeb… Add to it a food tradition that’s become synonymous with Lucknow. We scour the nukkads to come up with the best places to eat '''
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-— RACHANA RANA BHATTACHARYA
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-As part of the relief operations for the citizens of his famine-ravaged kingdom, Awadh’s Nawab Asaf-ud-Daulah commissioned the building of grand edifices like the Bada Imambara. This would provide a means of livelihood to his subjects. He also directed his cooks to provide them with a nutritious meal every day. His bawarchis hit upon the brilliant idea of creating a ‘one-dish’ meal by placing everything (rice, meat, oil and spices) into a huge degh (pot), sealing it with dough, placing hot coals on the lid to ensure uniform heat and leaving the degh to simmer overnight on a slow fire. One day, the Nawab happened to pass by when the pot was being opened. Drawn by the tantalising whiff of the piping-hot food, he asked for it to be served at his dining table. Since then, neither nawab nor commoner has been able to resist the magic of Dum Pukht biryani, Lucknow’s signature dish down the ages.
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-Under the patronage of nawabs, Dum Pukht cuisine was refined even further — leading to an entire range of one-dish meals like khichda, haleem and, needless to say, various biryanis. As the cuisine evolved, the Qureshi community (reputedly the finest butchers) defined the selection of prime cuts to suit each recipe, into a very precise science. The Nawabs, who hailed from Iran brought grapes, pomegranates, dried figs and stews like nahari to India. Over time, they learnt to appreciate India’s mastery over spices, which began to flavour Awadhi cuisine. That is why, while Irani nahari is pale, the Lucknawi version is yellow. Garlic and tomatoes were not used at all. The richness of dark kormas and yellow kaliyas was enhanced by the right cuts, complex use of spices and ittars, and the seamless osmosis of slow cooking that infused flavours into recipes. Spicing became secret passed on like heirlooms. Gourmands like Nawab Wajid Ali Shah accorded cooking the status of an art. The key element of Awadhi cuisine was not over-the-top opulence but subtleties of perfection. Nazakat (delicacy) and nafasat (subtlety) were synonymous with the Lucknawi dastarkhwan (banquet).
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-''' WHERE TO SAMPLE WHAT '''
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-• Tunde’s (Akbari Gate): Gilawati kebabs with paranthas
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-• Oudhiana: Kakori kebabs
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-• Near Chand Hotel, Kaiser Bagh: Shammi kebab
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-• Maharaja Hotel: Murgh kali mirch
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-• Tulsi Plaza, Idris (Patanala Chowk), Mushtaq Mian’s (near Press Club): Biryani and kebabs
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-• Rahim’s: Nahari with kulcha
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-• Sheermal Gali: Traditional breads like naan, khameeri roti, varqi parantha, bakarkhani and sheermal
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-• Naushejaan, Sekhawat, Chote Nawab, Mughlai Mahal, Daal Mein Kala, Dastarkhawan and eateries at Shahganj: Traditional Awadhi specialities at pocket-friendly rates
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-• Taj Residency, Clarks Avadh, Carlton and Park Inn: Excellent Nawabi cuisine at five-star rates
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-[[Category:India|LLUCKNOWLUCKNOWLUCKNOW: HOME PAGE
 LUCKNOW: HOME PAGE]]
-[[Category:Places|LLUCKNOWLUCKNOWLUCKNOW: HOME PAGE
+[[Category:Places|LLUCKNOWLUCKNOWLUCKNOW: HOME PAGELUCKNOW: HOME PAGE
 LUCKNOW: HOME PAGE]]

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 =See also=
 [[Lucknow District , 1908]]
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 [[Lucknow-Agra Expressway]]
 [[Lucknow: Culture, History 1]]
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 [[Lucknow: F-J]]
 [[Lucknow: Hazratganj]]
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 [[Lucknow: P-R]]
 [[Lucknow: S-U]]
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 [[Lucknow: V-X]]
-[[Category:India|LLUCKNOWLUCKNOW
+[[Category:India|LLUCKNOWLUCKNOWLUCKNOW: HOME PAGE
 LUCKNOW: HOME PAGE]]
-[[Category:Places|LLUCKNOWLUCKNOW
+[[Category:Places|LLUCKNOWLUCKNOWLUCKNOW: HOME PAGE
 LUCKNOW: HOME PAGE]]

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 and Oudh in the Mutiny (1902).]
-[[Category:India|LLUCKNOW
+=The name of the city=
-LUCKNOW]]
+==The BJP view==
-[[Category:Places|LLUCKNOW
+===2024===
-LUCKNOW]]
+[https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/bjp-narrative-change-post-polls-lucknow-architect-lakhan-pasi-lakshman-9456732/ Maulshree Seth, July 16, 2024: ''The Indian Express'']
-[[Category:India|LLUCKNOW
+Welcoming leaders to the party’s state working committee meeting in Lucknow on Sunday — attended among others by BJP president J P Nadda and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath — state BJP president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary said it was important to remember “shahr ke vastavik bharatiya vastuvid (the actual Indian architect of the city)” Lakhan Pasi, saying that the meeting would be incomplete without invoking the Pasi king who is believed to have ruled in the 10th or 11th Century.
 LUCKNOW]]
-[[Category:Places|LLUCKNOW
+Till last year, some BJP leaders were pushing for Lucknow’s name to be changed to Lakshmanpuri. But with the INDIA alliance getting a chunk of the support of Pasis — the biggest Dalit community in UP after Jatavs — the ruling party has taken note. Getting back the community’s support will be crucial in the coming by-elections for 10 Assembly seats whose legislators have been elected to Parliament.
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 =After 1947=
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 The Times of India, Sep 9, 2011
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 LUCKNOW]]
 =See also=
 [[Lucknow District , 1908]]

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 conquest of India it was occupied by Shaikhs and Pathans. The former
 became of some importance and built a fort, and according to one
-account the place derives its name from Likhna, the architect of the
+account the place '''derives its name from Likhna,''' the architect of the
 fort. In the fifteenth century one of the Shaikhs, who w'as celebrated
 for his piety, assumed the name of Shah Mlna. His tomb is still visited
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 fine thoroughfare lined with the shops of European tradesmen, called
 Hazratganj, at the end of which is the Lucknow residence of the
 Lieutenant-Governor.
 ==Administration==

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 [M. R. Gubbins, Mutinies in Oiidh (1858) ; McLeod Innes, Lucknow
 and Oudh in the Mutiny (1902).]
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 [M. R. Gubbins, Mutinies in Oiidh (1858) ; McLeod Innes, Lucknow
 and Oudh in the Mutiny (1902).]
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