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Lucknow - The Residency

            The Postcard

A postally unused postcard bearing no publisher's name. The card, which has a divided back, was printed in Saxony.

Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital and second largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the eleventh most populous city in India.

In 1856, the British East India Company abolished local rule and took complete control of the city along with the rest of Awadh and, in 1857, transferred it to the British Raj.  Along with the rest of India, Lucknow became independent from Britain on the 15th. August 1947.

The Residency

The Residency is a group of several buildings in a precinct in Lucknow. It served as the residence for the British Resident General who was a representative in the court of the Nawab.
 
Construction took place between 1780 and 1800.  Between the 1st. July 1857 and the 17th. November 1857 the Residency was subject to the Siege of Lucknow, part of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The Residency now exists as ruins.

It has been maintained as it was at the time of the final relief, and the shattered walls are still scarred by cannon shot. The ruined building is surrounded by lawns and flowerbeds and is a tourist attraction nowadays. 

The cemetery at the nearby ruined church has the graves of 2,000 men, women and children, including that of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, who died during the siege.

There is a weathered epitaph near the grave of Sir Henry that reads 

"Here lies the son of Empire 
who tried to do his duty".

A sound and light show to display the history of the Residency is presented each evening.

Taken on: April 10, 2023

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