DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY MUSEUM. During the Siege of Lucknow, 510 women and children were trapped inside the British compound and had to duck the bullets as best they could. The siege ...
“I got no cross,” grumbled Private Henry Metcalf of the 32nd Foot, after he had performed a deed of great gallantry during the siege of Lucknow; but he consoled himself with the reflection that ...
and deconstructs the 1857 siege of Lucknow in this brilliant, funny, moving novel. He rinses the British imperialists for their arrogance and stupidity, but nobody is spared his satire.
Lucknow/Amethi, Dec 17 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Police tightened security ahead of the Congress’ proposed “siege” of the state assembly on Wednesday, with party leaders claiming they were put under ...