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Proceedings of the Legislative Council of the United Provinces. Wednesday 18th May 1938. Official Report

1938

Another scene to me at least equally familiar I mean a Darbar in the Fort at Lahore brings us much nearer to the present for if Jehangir and Akbar stand in the background of the picture yet in the forefront are Ranjit Singh and the great Sardars who controlled the confederation of the Khalsa in the troubled days which followed him. [...] The buildings around us the Kaiserbagh itself the great Imambara or the Chutter Manzil may call up a passing thought of the ambitions of Asaf-ud-Daula the extravagances of his successors and the melancholy downfall of the last of the Kings of Oudh but there are men here who when they look back on the tale of their own past must reckon the rise and falls of the Nawab Vazirs as but a passing i [...] Throughout the changes and vicissitudes of succeeding generations they have maintained with varying success the fo7.tune s of their houses they have been feudatories of the Lodis the Subedars of Akbar and Shahjehan the Jagirdars of the later empires and the nobles of the court of the Kings of Oudh. [...] The buildings around us the Kaiserbagh itself the great Imambara or the Chutter Manzil may call up a passing thought of the ambitions of Asaf-ud-Daula the etravagances of his successors and the melancholy downfall of the last of the Kings of Oudh but there are men here who when they look back on the tale of their own past must reckon the rise and falls of the Nawab Vazirs as but a passing [...] Throughout the changes and vicissitudes of succeeding generations they have maintained with varying success the fortunes of their houses they have been feudatories of the Lodis the Subedars of Akbar and Shahjehan the Jagirdars of the later empires and the nobles of the court of the Kings of Oudh.
government politics public policy
Pages
86
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100003
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i unknown view
Correction slip to the Proceedings of the United Provinces Legislative Council for Wednesday the 18th May 1938 Volume III—No- 8
1-7 unknown view
Legislative Council United Provinces
465-ii K.C. Bhatnagar view