Lucknow

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Lucknow
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 26.812800°N, 80.901300°E
Altitude: 123 m (404 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Lucknow
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway

Lucknow is a city in north-central India, about 250m/400km south-west of Delhi. It was the scene of a major battle during the Indian Mutiny, when the Residency was defended against great odds by a small group of soldiers and civilians, including schoolboys from La Martiniere College.

Later, Lucknow became an important railway hub for both broad and metre gauge lines, headquarters of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (which also had two major workshops situated close by, at Alambagh and Charbagh), and a terminus for the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway's line from Bareilly.


External links

"Lucknow" Love to Know 1911.

"Lucknow" Wikipedia.