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Like all Indian cities of Indo-Islamic culture, Lucknow is exceptionally rich in architectural and historical treasures, despite British destruction and looting. Even today, the Indo-Mughal monuments are the only ones in the city with architectural and artistic interest.
The city itself was founded during the Muslim conquest in the 13th century and was first under the rule of the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. It became important in 1528 when it was taken by Babur (first of the Great Mughal Indian Emperors) and did not really develop until the early eighteenth century when the Mughals appointed a Nawab to govern the region, the Awadh (or Oudh). Under the rule of the Indo-Muslim rulers, Awadh became one of the main centers of one of the most brilliant civilizations in the world. The first capital was Faizabad (its eastern suburb was Ayodhya to which the Hindus, who are accustomed to historical falsification, invented a glorious purely legendary past). The economic and cultural rise of Lucknow began when it became the capital of the Awadh, choice of the Nawab Asaf-ud-Dowlah. The latter was a great philanthropist and Lucknow received from him a unique legacy. The Nawabs of the Awadh contributed a lot to the architecture of the city, notably through several imposing monuments. Among those still standing today, Imam Bara, Imambara Chhota, and Darwaza Roomi are notable examples.The other surviving contribution of the Nawabs is the rich culture of the city, extremely refined, which was known as Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb.
Unfortunately, the English colonialists of the East India Company took a predatory look at Awadh and from the defeat of Plassey in 1757, the Nawabs were increasingly subject to the domination of the occupiers, until losing all sovereignty, before the simple annexation in 1856.
At the end of 1857, the city was the scene of bloody clashes during the First Indian War of Independence (revolt of the Cipayes, the so-called «mutiny» of the British colonialists), in which the Muslims rulers and citizens took
Like all Indian cities of Indo-Islamic culture, Lucknow is exceptionally rich in architectural and historical treasures, despite British destruction and looting. Even today, the Indo-Mughal monuments are the only ones in the city with architectural and artistic interest.
The city itself was founded during the Muslim conquest in the 13th century and was first under the rule of the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. It became important in 1528 when it was taken by Babur (first of the Great Mughal Indian Emperors) and did not really develop until the early eighteenth century when the Mughals appointed a Nawab to govern the region, the Awadh (or Oudh). Under the rule of the Indo-Muslim rulers, Awadh became one of the main centers of one of the most brilliant civilizations in the world. The first capital was Faizabad (its eastern suburb was Ayodhya to which the Hindus, who are accustomed to historical falsification, invented a glorious purely legendary past). The economic and cultural rise of Lucknow began when it became the capital of the Awadh, choice of the Nawab Asaf-ud-Dowlah. The latter was a great philanthropist and Lucknow received from him a unique legacy. The Nawabs of the Awadh contributed a lot to the architecture of the city, notably through several imposing monuments. Among those still standing today, Imam Bara, Imambara Chhota, and Darwaza Roomi are notable examples.The other surviving contribution of the Nawabs is the rich culture of the city, extremely refined, which was known as Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb.
Unfortunately, the English colonialists of the East India Company took a predatory look at Awadh and from the defeat of Plassey in 1757, the Nawabs were increasingly subject to the domination of the occupiers, until losing all sovereignty, before the simple annexation in 1856.
At the end of 1857, the city was the scene of bloody clashes during the First Indian War of Independence (revolt of the Cipayes, the so-called «mutiny» of the British colonialists), in which the Muslims rulers and citizens took
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