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Lucknow

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

Location.Architectural Heritage Site
Contents
Introduction
Body of Work13
Research Centre119
Posts1
Calendar1
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Lucknow — featured artwork

Introduction

Geographical details

StateUttar Pradesh
CapitalYes
Longitude80.9462' E
Latitude26.8467' N
Population35,00,000
Area632 sq. km.
LanguagesAwadhi, Hindi, Urdu
RiversGomati River (Tributary of Ganga)
LakesKathuata jheel, Butler lake, Ghanta ghar talab
Linked citiesKolkata, Mumbai, Chennai
Map of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh

Spoken languages

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Spoken languages
Category200120112021
Hindi9,00,0009,00,0009,00,000
Awadhi8,50,0008,50,0008,50,000
Urdu40,00040,00040,000

Population by gender

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Population by gender
Category20012011
Male19,32,31723,94,476
Female17,15,51721,95,362
Other191504

Population by religion

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Population by religion
Category20012011
Hindu21,81,78535,37,787
Muslim5,43,0459,85,070
Christian13,15520,493
Buddhist19,68823,883
Sikh2,8163,877
Jain2,0514,975
Other26113,753

Architectural Landmarks

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Bara Imambara
Bara Imambara1784
The Residency
The Residency1800
La Martiniere College
La Martiniere College1800
Chhatar Manzil
Chhatar Manzil1781
Hussainabad Clock Tower
Hussainabad Clock Tower1881
Gateway Of Bara Imambara
Gateway Of Bara Imambara1785
Rumi Darwaza
Rumi Darwaza1784
All Saints Garrison Church
All Saints Garrison Church1913
King Georges Medical College
King Georges Medical College1905
Asafi Masjid
Asafi Masjid1784
Moti Mahal
Moti Mahal1814
QR
Qadam Rasul
BK
Bibiapur Kothi
Dilkhusha Palace
Dilkhusha Palace1805
Shah Najaf Imambara
Shah Najaf Imambara1816

Body of Work

Chhatar Manzil, 1781
Chhatar Manzil, 1781
Rumi Darwaza, 1784
Rumi Darwaza, 1784
Asafi Masjid, 1784
Asafi Masjid, 1784
Bara Imambara, 1784
Bara Imambara, 1784
Gateway of Bara Imambara, 1785
Gateway of Bara Imambara, 1785
The Residency, 1800
The Residency, 1800
La Martiniere College, 1800
La Martiniere College, 1800
Dilkhusha Palace, 1805
Dilkhusha Palace, 1805
Moti Mahal, 1814
Moti Mahal, 1814
Shah Najaf Imambara, 1816
Shah Najaf Imambara, 1816
Hussainabad Clock Tower, 1881
Hussainabad Clock Tower, 1881
King George's Medical College, 1905
King George's Medical College, 1905
All Saints Garrison Church, 1913
All Saints Garrison Church, 1913

Research Centre

Posts 1

  1. Colonel Mordaunt's Cockfight
    Colonel Mordaunt's Cockfight
    Cockfights were a popular sport in India and other parts of the world in the late eighteenth-century. In 1786, the then Governor-General of India Warren Hastings commissioned German-born artist Johann Zoffany to paint the historic cockfight that had many British East India Company employees and Indian royalties in attendance. Several versions of the painting have thus been made and depicted in various mediums over the course of more than two centuries, including the cock-fight scene in Satyajit Ray's 1977 film Shatranj Ke Khilari.
    1_CinemaEducation2_FineArts4_PopCulture6_EconomicsArt
    Shatranj Ke KhilariSatyajit RayLucknowNemai Ghosh
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    Self Discover via Rediscovering India Series Part III History of Photography in India
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Satyajit RayComparable Artworks
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Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977)Shooting Location
                          The Residency
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                          The Residency

                          Patron
                          1. Commissioned by Nawab Shujha-ud-Daula. 2. Established when the capital of Awadh shifted from Faizabad to Lucknow in 1775 A.D.
                          Architectural style
                          Colonial
                          Structure
                          Consisted of three storeys: 1. The upper floor contained a billiards room and a library. 2. The ground floor consisted a large hall, probably used for gatherings and the like, and several smaller rooms. Entrance was from a portico on the East. The Residency was constructed on the highest spot in Lucknow, and as such, its watchtower located on the North, commanded and excellent view of the entire city. 3. A “tehkhana” or underground chamber, which was used to shelter women and children.
                          Layout
                          1. This villa is two stories high with verandahs attached to both sides. 2. The lower apartments open into small fruit and flower garden, on the side of which there is a walled basin for swimming and bathing apartments are at the four corners of the house, adjoining the bed-chambers. 3. It was originally a very extensive brick building, with lofty rooms, verandahs, and porticoes.
                          Event
                          The Residency was heavily shelled by sepoys during the 1857 uprising, with Colonel Palmer's daughter tragically succumbing to a cannon strike. It was here that Sir Henry Lawrence sustained his ultimately fatal wound while resting.
                          Status
                          Archeological Survey of India, Centrally Protected
                          The Residency was erected during Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula's reign for the British Residents who has come in the 1770s to be posted permanently in Avadh. Although, the Residency was heavily destroyed in the 1857 mutiny, its ruins have been well preserved. It used to be a structure of multiple levels, connected through passages leading to subsidary Taikhana. The elevations of Residency were based on classical, especially neo-Palladian, sources. On the ground level, columns of Tuscan Order supported its east-portico and the protecting verandhas on the upper level were adorned with pilasters of Ionic Order. On the west front the supporting podium was surmounted by grand colonnaded verandhas in two superimposed levels, the order on first floor being Ionic and on the second being tuscan. While the Residency was inspired by European sources, its design included a significant gesture to the Indian traditions. The Taikhana had an elevation in a classical style, but its plan could be traced back to the earlier Nawabi style of that of Safdar Jang's tehkhana.\n\nThe British Residency was destroyed in a battle between the British Imperialists and Indians led by Begum Hazrat Mahal, who directed Raja Maan Singh, Moulana Ahmedullah Shah and others in the siege..

                          Related Artworks6

                          Antiquarian Photograph6
                          John Edward Sache (Photographer), Residency Ruins, Lucknow, 1864, Antiquarian Photograph
                          Sache, John Edward (Photographer). Residency Ruins, Lucknow, c.1864-1879 | Antiquarian Photograph
                          Samuel Bourne (Photographer), The Residency, Lucknow, 1865, Antiquarian Photograph
                          Bourne, Samuel (Photographer). The Residency, Lucknow, c.1864-1866 | Antiquarian Photograph
                          Samuel Bourne (Photographer), The Residency, Lucknow, 1865, Antiquarian Photograph
                          Bourne, Samuel (Photographer). The Residency, Lucknow, c.1864-1866 | Antiquarian Photograph
                          Samuel Bourne (Photographer), The Residency, Lucknow, 1865, Antiquarian Photograph
                          Bourne, Samuel (Photographer). The Residency, Lucknow, c.1865-1866 | Antiquarian Photograph
                          Unknown (Photographer), Residency Gate, Lucknow, Antiquarian Photograph
                          Unknown (Photographer). Residency Gate, Lucknow, n.d. | Antiquarian Photograph
                          Unknown (Photographer), Residency Scene of the Mutiny, Lucknow, Antiquarian Photograph
                          Unknown (Photographer). Residency Scene of the Mutiny, Lucknow, n.d. | Antiquarian Photograph