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	Lucknow - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During the Indian Mutiny, the British garrison in Lucknow suffered heavy casualties during a siege (June-Nov., 1857).
		Although the siege was broken, the British evacuated the city (Nov.); a year later, when they regained control of India, they reentered.
		Lucknow was a focus of the movement (1942-47) for an independent Pakistan.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-lucknow.html (268 words)

	Siege of Lucknow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Siege of Lucknow proved to be one of the key episodes in the unsuccessful rebellion.
		When news of this reached Lucknow, Lawrence recognized the gravity of the crisis and summoned from their homes two bodies of pensioners, one of sepoys and one of artillerymen, to whose loyalty, and to that of the Sikh sepoys, the successful defence of the residency was largely due.
		Lucknow was retaken by Campbell on March 21, 1858.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Siege_of_Lucknow (2777 words)

	List of sieges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE) - the Assyrian siege of Sennacherib
		Siege of Gibraltar (1374) - sixth siege of Gibraltar, by the Nasrid in the Reconquista
		Siege of Gibraltar (1467) - ninth siege of Gibraltar, by the Duke of Medina Sidonia
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/List_of_sieges (953 words)

	Lucknow
		Lucknow has always been known for its erudity, the refined way in which its people converse, the refined tastes and otherwise that is so much a part of Lucknow.
		Lucknow was the abode of the Nawabs of Avadh, and their regal pastimes and pleasures are legendary.
		Lucknow also continues to be home to the fine chikan embroidery executed with fine skill on fabrics, sarees and kurtas.
	www.delhigate.com /@delhi/places/lucknow.htm (967 words)

	Lucknow (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		'''Lucknow''' is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
		Lucknow's History begins with its elevation to a capital city Under the Nawabs of Awadh.
		In the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the garrison based at the Residency in Lucknow was besieged by rebel forces.
	lucknow.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (835 words)

	Walkabout - Lucknow
		Lucknow is a tiny, former goldmining village located 9 km south-east of Orange on the Mitchell Highway and 250 km north-west of Sydney.
		The Lucknow estate was established in 1838 by William Charles Wentworth, a member of the first European party to cross the Blue Mountains.
		Some say this was a reference to the good fortune the town proffered (i.e., luck now) while others claim it was named by the mine bookkeeper after the siege at Lucknow in India in which he may have been wounded.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/NSWLucknow.shtml (776 words)

	The Lucknow Campaign-1857-58 The Siege of Lucknow Residency
		Lucknow was the capital of Oudh state since 1775.
		Another interesting aspect of the siege were the Sepoy sharpshooters most famous of whom was one African from Oudh's kings disbanded Army named by the Britishers as Bob the Nailer (because he used to put nails in his musket shots).
		An interesting part of the siege was the presence of State prisoners in the Residency.
	www.defencejournal.com /2000/mar/lucknow.htm (3338 words)

	Fairs and Festivals of Lucknow, Festival Tours of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Capital Lucknow, Religious Festivals in ...
		This tragedy is observed with great passion in Lucknow, in particular, as it is the centre of Shia culture and religious activities, and accordingly a large number of taziyas and the alams (standards of Hazrat Imam Hussain's army) are taken out all over the city.
		In places other than Lucknow, the taziyas are taken out and buried in the local burial ground known as the Karbala.
		Lucknow Mahautsav, a 10-day program begins on the 25th November and ends on the 5th December.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /lucknow/fairs-festivals.html (476 words)

	Lucknow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lucknow city is located in the seismic zone III with majority of the city construction not being earthquake resistant
		Lucknow is also city of eminent Ghazal Singer Begum Akhtar who was resident of Havelock Road, Near Vidhan Sabha.
		Lucknow also houses one of the 6 branches of the world renowned Indian Institute of Management.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lucknow (2257 words)

	Lucknow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The capital of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow is largely the creation of the nawabs of Oudh, Muslim rulers who controlled a region of north-central India for almost a century after the decline of the Moghul Empire.
		The nawabs ruled eccentrically, flamboyantly and badly but whatever their shortcomings, Lucknow's reputation as a city of culture and gracious living stems from this time.
		Built in 1800, it became the stage for the Siege of Lucknow, the most dramatic event of the 1857 Mutiny.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/STUDENTS/Singh/Lucknow.htm (246 words)

	Residency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The residency at Lucknow was destroyed during the long siege in the Indian Mutiny, 1857.
		Because of the position the Siege of Lucknow took in British psyche ensured that the site was preserved as a monument to those who died, and has continued to be preserved after Independence.
		There are those in the churchyard which existed before 1857 and contains monuments from before the siege, as well as some from those who died during it.
	homepages.nildram.co.uk /~esukpc16/html/residency.html (116 words)

	Following The Equator by Mark Twain 57
		Six weeks after the beginning of the siege more than one-half of the original force of white soldiers was dead, and close upon three-fifths of the original native force.
		It fought its desperate way to Lucknow, then fought its way through the city against odds of a hundred to one, and entered the Residency; but there was not enough left of it, then, to do any good.
		There were but few trees in the plain at that time, and from the Residency the progress of the march, step by step, victory by victory, could be noted; the ascending clouds of battle-smoke marked the way to the eye, and the thunder of the guns marked it to the ear.
	www.classicbookshelf.com /library/mark_twain/following_the_equator/57 (4593 words)

	Lucknow - Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
		The operations at the siege of Lucknow from May 1857 to March 1858 involved, in succession, the defence of the residency, the reinforcement of the garrison, the relief and the withdrawal of women and children, and the siege and capture of the city.
		Now in February 1858 he was assembling a force of 20,000 men to march on Lucknow, which was held by 130,000 mutineers, many of who were regular sepoys, whilst others were followers of their hereditary chieftains.
		With the capture of Lucknow and the dispersal of the rebel forces, operations were concerned with the pacification of the countryside and the elimination of the various separate bodies of mutineers.
	www.qdg.org.uk /pages/1857-to-1858-106.php (1358 words)

	Broadside ballad entitled 'Jessie's Dream at Lucknow'
		This song is referring to the Siege of Lucknow (1857), which was one of a series of sieges and battles collectively known as the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8.
		Almost ninety days into the siege at the British Residency in Lucknow, Sir Henry Havelock and the forces under his command managed to break through the revolt and enter.
		Despite their efforts, the siege continued for a futher two months until the arrival of a Highland Regiment led by Sir Colin Campbell.
	www.nls.uk /broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/15105 (511 words)

	Marx and Engels. First Indian War of Independence 1857-58
		As the British press assert that this feat of arms stands forth in unrivaled glory in the history of warfare, the subject may as well be a little more closely examined.
		The town of Lucknow is situated on the right bank of the River Goomtee, which at that locality runs in a south-easterly direction.
		As to the judgment displayed by Havelock in thus taking the bull by the horns, we cannot form an opinion; it is said he was compelled to do so from the great strait to which the Residency was reduced, and other motives are mentioned; however, nothing authentic is known.
	www.marxists.org /archive/marx/works/1858/01/30.htm (1444 words)

	The Hindu : Magazine / Columns : Uprisings remembered
		Between Cowra and Sydney is the agricultural university town of Orange and near it is Lucknow, in search of whose gold came former British soldiers who had fought in the siege of Lucknow in 1857.
		Gold was found in 1851 in the area that became Lucknow and the next year the Wentworth Gold Field Company was formed, the first gold mining company in Australia.
		Today, Lucknow, so named in 1863, a shabby-looking, one-street village looks forward to regaining its prosperity by developing its Heritage Trail much in the manner of the West Wyalong and Carcoar Heritage Trails, not far from it on either side.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mag/2005/02/13/stories/2005021300250700.htm (1594 words)

	LUCKNOWINFO.COM - Politics & Beyond
		Built in 1800 for the British Resident, this group of buildings became the stage for the the most dramatic events of the 1857 Uprising the Siege of Lucknow.
		The Residency has been maintained as it was at the time of the final relief, and the shattered walls are still scarred by cannon shot.
		It was supposed to be a leisure garden for the nawabi rulers of Lucknow (that is why the name, which means a garden that gladdens the heart.)It has been redone and renovated with a trekkers' path, flower beds, fountains, benches and an inviting lawn.
	www.lucknowinfo.com /visit (731 words)

	Untitled Document
		After spending several days with a family who deal in stolen children, Ameeran and another frightened girl, Ram Dei, are both sold—the latter to a wealthy family (in the novel we learn that she is meant to be a sex-education toy for a young nawab or aristocrat).
		This leads to an engagement at the home of a wealthy begum who proves to be none other than Ram Dei, the Hindu girl who was kidnapped and sold at the same time as Ameeran—by a quirk of fate, she has become the legal wife of a certain powerful Nawab.
		Discovered by Husaini and Gauhar Mirza, Umrao is brought back to her “home” in Lucknow, where Mirza (at Khanum’s urging, to prevent any future escape) harasses her with a lawsuit alleging that she married him.
	www.uiowa.edu /~incinema/umraojaan.html (1119 words)

	The Semaphore
		Indian Mutiny - The Siege of Lucknow 1857 - The Semaphore
		Semaphore Telegraphy rendered notable if limited service during the siege of Lucknow in 1817.
		In fact, the relief force itself was besieged by the rebels and its communications were cut with the Alambagh, a large house with a walled enclosure south of the city.
	www.army.mod.uk /royalsignalsmuseum/PostalCovers/Semaphore.htm (556 words)

	Indian Mutiny
		On the second day of the siege Lawrence himself was mortally wounded by a shell which crashed through the wall of his bedroom.
		Aged 32, Private William Dowling of the 32nd Regiment (later The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry), was one of the soldiers in the midst of the siege at Lucknow.
		The siege was ended, on 25 September 1857, by relief from General Havelock's 78th Regiment (The Seaforth Highlanders).
	www.dowlingfamily.info /i1857in1.htm (786 words)

	Scottish Poetry Selection - The Pipes at Lucknow
		The author of this poem, John Greenleaf Whittier, was an American who lived in the 19th century.
		The Siege of Lucknow took place during the Indian Mutiny in 1857-58.
		The siege lasted from 2 July until November 16, 1857.
	www.rampantscotland.com /poetry/blpoems_lucknow.htm (64 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Campbells are Coming (The). (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This soul-stirring song was composed in 1715, when the Earl of Mar raised the standard for the Stuarts against Géorge I. John Campbell was Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty’s forces, and the rebellion was quashed.
		The main interest now attached to the famous song is connected with the siege of Lucknow in the Indian rebellion, 1857.
		Nana Sahib had massacred women and children most foully, and while the survivors were expecting instant death, a Scotch woman lying ill on the ground heard the pibroch, and exclaimed, “Dinna ye hear it?
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/81/2930.html (152 words)

	Contemporary Perspectives of The Sepoy Mutiny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Relief of Lucknow (1859) (figure 6) depicted a famous episode in the war with three of the major heroes being celebrated in England: Colin Campbell, Sir James Outram, and General Sir Henry Havelock.
		There was such demand for paintings of the Mutiny that dealers knew they could not possibly send their artists to India to paint and have the painting in time to keep up with the news.
		Both paintings are typical of the period, glorifying the British in heroic battles and sieges in heroic stereotypes, gallant poses, and consummate bravery where as natives are portrayed glowering, wide-eyed in terror, and retreating in disarray.
	www.cayuga-cc.edu /people/facultypages/felter/sepoy.htm (3884 words)

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		The funeral of William Adams, 3201 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, pioneer believed to have been the last survivor of British forces at the siege of Lucknow, will be held at the residence, at 2 p.m.
		Later his organization was transferred to Lucknow where the British defense became historic.
		Adams was wounded in the fighting during the last days of the siege.
	hennbios.tripod.com /surnamea.htm (10126 words)

	The Green Hills of Tyrol
		A set of bagpipes played at the siege of Lucknow, and now held in the museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
		The repelling of a heavy cavalry charge by grossly outnumbered infantry was an unprecedented achievement.
		In this campaign Pipe Major MacLeod distinguished himself at the siege of Lucknow when he was first through the breach and almost immediately began playing the pipes.
	kilby.sac.on.ca /ActivitiesClubs/cadets/Piping/GreenHillsofTyrol.htm (611 words)

	The Sepoy Rebellion (1857)
		As the siege wore on the Punjabi forces fighting for the British began to weary and there was talk of a retreat.
		Rebel forces retreated to Lucknow where the siege was approaching three months in length.
		There the war lasted until late November, until the rebels were driven to defeat in the Ganges Valley in December and January by Hugh Rose and Colin Campbell.
	www.english.emory.edu /Bahri/Mutiny.html (2603 words)

	British Casualties from the Siege of Lucknow, 1858
		British Casualties from the Siege of Lucknow, 1858
		Hawkshaw's India, including a picture of the Residency, where the siege took place.
		The Defence of Lucknow: A Diary Recording the Daily Events During the Siege of the European Residency from 31st May to 25th Sept., 1857
	theoldentimes.com /lucknow_1.html (169 words)

	Military History and Information.
		Throughout the gruelling hot season and the torrential monsoon rains of 1857, the British in India fought to put down a rebellion spearheaded by the Indian Soldiers of the army.
		In Lucknow, the capital of the recently annexed state of Oudh, a small garrison of 1,800 British men, women and children--supported by 1,200 loyal Indians--withstood a siege of almost three months against rebels numbering between 20,000 and 50,000.
		With the constant strain of attack, mine and counter-mine under the walls, the defenders held out until the middle of November when Lord Clyde's forces were sufficient to relief the garrison.
	www.inglis.uk.com /page5.html (404 words)

	Calcutta
		While most of the time was spent attending my sister's wedding (and associated errands), I managed to sneak out on two mornings between the hours of 5:30 AM and 8:30 AM with my cousin, Anandamoy Chatterji, of Lucknow, walking around Dalhousie Square and Victoria Memorial.
		The inscription reads, "This bronze panel originally executed by Sir Goscombe John R. for the pedestal of the statue of the late Earl of Minto Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1905-1910), was presented to the Trustees of the Victoria Memorial Hall by the Dowager Countess of Minto."
		Victoria Memorial: Equestrian statue of General Sir James Outram, a British army officer known for his role during the siege of Lucknow during the First War of Independence of 1857 (what the British like to call the Sepoy Mutiny).
	members.tripod.com /~AChatterji/calcutta2.htm (362 words)

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