Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 308William Blackwood, 1970 |
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Page 411
... Kanpur at the end of 1952 . It is an unlovely city , relieved in and around by occasional oases of greenness , quiet and beauty . The judder of looms and the stench of tanneries , when the wind was in the wrong direction , became part ...
... Kanpur at the end of 1952 . It is an unlovely city , relieved in and around by occasional oases of greenness , quiet and beauty . The judder of looms and the stench of tanneries , when the wind was in the wrong direction , became part ...
Page 412
... Kanpur would have done justice to medieval Florence . This long tradition of Indo- British association in Kanpur was brought home to me by a conversa- tion with Pandit Pant , a veteran politician , then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh ...
... Kanpur would have done justice to medieval Florence . This long tradition of Indo- British association in Kanpur was brought home to me by a conversa- tion with Pandit Pant , a veteran politician , then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh ...
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... Kanpur , from Bithur , where the Mahratta Nana Sahib , of evil memory , had lived in exile ; past the burning ghats with their grue- some by - products , to a landing- stage below the bridge , which I thought our boatman called Man ...
... Kanpur , from Bithur , where the Mahratta Nana Sahib , of evil memory , had lived in exile ; past the burning ghats with their grue- some by - products , to a landing- stage below the bridge , which I thought our boatman called Man ...
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