Lucknow

Lucknow

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November 4th 2010
I took a break from Varanasi after realising a week there would be too long, and headed for Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh and site of the 1857 Lucknow Siege. The Siege was one of the major parts of the 1857 Indian Rebellion. The six month siege of the Residency was caused by the British East India Tea Company annexing the state of Oudh and kicking out the leocal Muslim leadership. This ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more