Bulandshahr: or Sketches of an Indian District; Social, Historical and Architectural

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Bulandshahr: or Sketches of an Indian District; Social, Historical and Architectural (1884)
by Frederic Salmon Growse
4187148Bulandshahr: or Sketches of an Indian District; Social, Historical and Architectural1884Frederic Salmon Growse

JAHANGIRABAD HOUSE, BULANDSHAHR. 1881.

BULANDSHAHR:

OR

SKETCHES OF AN INDIAN DISTRICT;

SOCIAL, HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL.

BY
F. S. GROWSE. C.I.E.
INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

"OUR WESTERN CIVILIZATION IS PERHAPS NOT ABSOLUTELY THE GLORIOUS THING WE LIKE TO IMAGINE IT."Seely.

BENARES:
MEDICAL HALL PRESS.


1884

"THE LOCAL SENTIMENT IN MAN IS THE STRONGEST PASSION IN HIS NATURE, IT IS THE PARENT OF MOST OF OUR VIRTUES." Lord Beaconsfield.

CONTENTS

Page.
Preface
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Chap. I.The district: its characteristics and its capabilities
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Chap. II.History of the town of Bulandshahr, from its foundation to the Mutiny of 1857 A. D.
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Chap. III.The rebuilding of Bulandshahr
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Appendix: Subscription Lists
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Press Notices
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ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page.
I.
Jahángirabád House (to face Title)
II.
Shops in the Market Place
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III.
Market Square
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IV.
Chaprávat Gate
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V.
Market Terrace
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VI.
Bathing Ghát
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VII.
Guláothi House
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VIII.
Jahángirabád House (folding Plate)
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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