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Lucknow

[ luhk-nou ]

noun

  1. a city in and capital of Uttar Pradesh state, in N India: the British besieged it (1857) during the Sepoy Rebellion.


Lucknow

/ ˈlʌknaʊ /

noun

  1. a city in N India, capital of Uttar Pradesh: capital of Oudh (1775–1856); the British residency was besieged (1857) during the Indian Mutiny. Pop: 2 207 340 (2001)


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Standing on the platform in Lucknow, Babbanji saw two trains waiting, one for Delhi and the other for Mumbai.

The Afghan was true to his salt, and their own retainers, who had come with them from Lucknow, remained steadfast at this crisis.

Keep your spirits up and you may live to tell your grandchildren how you fought the rebels at Lucknow.

The feeble loyalty of the native regiments at Lucknow sufficed to keep all the borderland of Nepaul quiet for nearly two months.

A few minutes later an appalling explosion shook every house in Lucknow.

Since that hour there was no possible means of communicating with Lucknow, even though he had reached Allahabad safely.

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