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Judge Saheb – Judicial Administration in UP
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... Planning for the Millions. Editor’s note: This is one of several stories about district administration and officials in Uttar Pradesh in the 1940s-1960s. It was February 1968. The wind was cold, ... Thursday, 15 December 2011 -
PWD Administration in UP
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... Planning for the Millions. Editor’s note: This is one of several stories about district administration and officials in Uttar Pradesh in the 1940s-1960s. It was February 1968. The wind was cold, ... Thursday, 15 December 2011 -
A Time of Wonder
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
Vijay is a theatre educator. He has been a life member of Bangalore Little Theatre (BLT) since its inception in 1960. He has written over 30 plays, produced widely in India and abroad. In addition, he ... Wednesday, 24 August 2011 -
1947: Partition in the Army by S K Sinha
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
Lieutenant General Srinivas Kumar Sinha, PVSM, born 1926, joined the Indian Army in 1943. He retired as the Vice-Chief of Army Staff and later served as governor of Assam and Jammu and Kashmir. ... Sunday, 13 December 2009 -
The 1957 West Bengal Elections
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... West Bengal, a major area of Bihar, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. There have been reports of deaths from Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The poor farmers and labourers have been hit ... Wednesday, 17 June 2009 -
Some Judges and Lawyers Whom I Knew
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... of the Allahabad Vakil Bar was that the names of two Vakils began to be linked together in public discussions of those times and became almost household words in the legal world of Uttar Pradesh, Pandit ... Wednesday, 11 March 2009 -
Defying Sanjay Gandhi: A Civil Servant Remembers the Emergency
Category: Stories/The Unforgettable
... Service (IAS) officer in Uttar Pradesh (UP). I was Secretary of the Transport, Public Works, Tourism and Estate Departments. Many people, including me, did not believe that there were legitimate grounds ... Friday, 23 January 2009 -
Growing up in Lucknow in 1940-1950s
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... 1930s, my parents settled down in Lucknow – the capital city of what was United Provinces in those days, renamed Uttar Pradesh after Independence. Prior to British rule, the area was called Awadh, though ... Friday, 01 February 2008 -
My Memories - Dadi and 1942 by Surjit Mansingh
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... town; both were in the then United Provinces (UP), and are now in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal respectively. My earliest memories are of the beautiful cantonment in Ranikhet, listening to stories about ... Tuesday, 01 May 2007 -
My Memories - Dadi and 1942 by Surjit Mansingh
Category: Stories/Stories About Women
... town; both were in the then United Provinces (UP), and are now in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal respectively. My earliest memories are of the beautiful cantonment in Ranikhet, listening to stories about ... Tuesday, 01 May 2007