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

by Frederic 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.

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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 …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

i—viii

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 …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

1–10

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page.

I.

Jahángirabád House (to face Title) ​

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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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