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Luck·now

 (lŭk′nou)
A city of north-central India east-southeast of Delhi. Once the capital of the kingdom of Oudh (1775-1856), the British garrison there was besieged for five months during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. It is now the capital of Uttar Pradesh.
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Lucknow

(ˈlʌknaʊ)
n
(Placename) a city in N India, capital of Uttar Pradesh: capital of Oudh (1775–1856); the British residency was besieged (1857) during the Indian Mutiny. Pop: 2 207 340 (2001)
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Luck•now

(ˈlʌk naʊ)

n.
the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, in N India. 1,619,115.
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Noun1.Lucknow - a city in northern India in Uttar PradeshLucknow - a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents
Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
2.Lucknow - the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857)
Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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Lucknow is rather better than a hundred miles to the east, and Cawnpore about as far to the south.
After Wilson took Delhi and Sir Colin relieved Lucknow the back of the business was broken.
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Lucknow Mansions were, so to speak, on a lower platform of that hill of houses, of which Himylaya Mansions might be called the peak.
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Here is my uncle's walking-stick--he was Sir Richard Warburton, you know, and rode with Havelock to the Relief of Lucknow. And then, let me see--oh, that's the original Alardyce, 1697, the founder of the family fortunes, with his wife.
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The Regiment would pay for you all the time you are at the Military Orphanage; or you might go on the Punjab Masonic Orphanage's list (not that he or you 'ud understand what that means); but the best schooling a boy can get in India is, of course, at St Xavier's in Partibus at Lucknow.' This took some time to interpret, for Bennett wished to cut it short.
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Summary: Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 22 (ANI): A criminal defamation case filed by IPS officer Amitabh Thakur against ex-minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has been transferred to special MP-MLA Court, Prayagraj according to Nutan Thakur, an RTI activist.
Azam Khan defamation case transferred to Prayagraj
CM Dinesh Sharma and others, during a roadshow before filing his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections, in Lucknow, on Tuesday.
Rajnath files nomination for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat
One of the interesting sessions of the second and final day of the Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) was about Lucknow, a symbol of Ganga-Yamuna civilisation steeped in history of Urdu language, with Lucknow-based novelist Anis Ashfaq and Masood Ashar.
The lost traditions, civilisation of Lucknow
How is your campaign going and how are voters connecting to Samajwadi Party in Lucknow?
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Mercedes-Benz India, a subsidiary of Daimler AG (NYSE: DAI)(FWB:DAI), has opened its newest dealership, Smart Hoops Lucknow, in the capital of Uttar Pradesh, India.
-Mercedes-Benz India opens new dealership in Lucknow
New Delhi, Delhi, March 2 -- The Silver Jubilee celebrations of IIM Lucknow coincided with a stupendous showing in the Summer Placements 2010.
IIM Lucknow's Lateral placements 2011 witnesses the participation of over 75 firms

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