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  2. Lucknow Literary Festival - Wikipedia

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    The Lucknow Literary Festival is an international literary festival held annually in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India since 2013. [1] The Lucknow Literary Festival is an endeavour of the Lucknow Society, which is a non profit organization. It is a 3-day event. It is held each year in Lucknow, during the month of February/March. [2]

  3. Umrao Jaan Ada - Wikipedia

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    The book was first published by Gulab Munshi and Sons Press, Lucknow in 1899. [ 1 ] The novel is known for its elaborate portrayal of mid-19th century Lucknow, its decadent society, and also describes the moral hypocrisy of the era, where Umrao Jaan also becomes the symbol of a nation that had long attracted many suitors who were only looking ...

  4. List of people from Lucknow - Wikipedia

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    Jafar Mir Abdullah, Art enthusiast from the royal family of Awadh.; Jan Nisar Akhtar, poet and lyricist, father of Javed Akhtar; Muzaffar Ali, filmmaker; Naushad Ali, film musician

  5. Abdul Halim Sharar - Wikipedia

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    Abdul Halim Sharar was born in Lucknow in 1860. His father Hakim Tafazzul Husain was a scholar of Islamic religion and Persian literature. Sharar was educated at home where he learnt Arabic and Persian. After spending the first nine years of his life at Lucknow, Sharar joined his father at Matiya Burj in Calcutta in 1869, who was in the court ...

  6. Lucknow - Wikipedia

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    Lucknow (/ ˈ l ʌ k n aʊ /; Hindustani: [ˈləkʰ.nəuː] ⓘ Lakhanaū) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division.

  7. Guzashta Lucknow - Wikipedia

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    Guzashta Lucknow is the collection of 54 articles. It tells the history of Lucknow and the rulers of Oudh, [1] and describes the culture and way of life of the people of Lucknow during the late 18th and 19th centuries. [2] The initial chapters are concerned with the history of the area.

  8. Shamsur Rahman Faruqi - Wikipedia

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    [11] [12] The book was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. [11] His 2014 novel, The Sun That Rose from the Earth, detailed the thriving Urdu literature scene in the Indian cities of Delhi and Lucknow of the 18th and 19th centuries, and resilience amidst the Indian Rebellion of 1857. There is no doubt that he was an ...

  9. List of literary festivals - Wikipedia

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    A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers' festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city. A literary festival usually features a variety of presentations and readings by authors, as well as other events, delivered over a period of several days, with the primary objectives of promoting the authors' books and ...