Sikandar Bagh
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Sikandar Bagh, formerly known by the British as Sikunder/Sikandra/Secundra Bagh, is a villa and garden enclosed by a fortified wall, with loopholes, gateway and corner bastions, approx. 150 yards squa
Gate of Sikandar Bagh, Lucknow, circa 2010. The minarets are reconstructions, post 1883
Wajid Ali Shah, Nawab of Oudh, builder of the Sikandar Bagh
Sikandar Bagh in 1858, viewed from SE British position, showing gateway (left) & breach made in wall of bastion (right) through which stormed the 93rd Highlanders and 4th Punjab Infantry Regiment. Photo by Felice Beato
"The 93rd Highlanders storming the Secundra Bagh" National Army Museum, London (NAM 1987-06-12)
Uda Devi
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Uda Devi Pasi was an Indian woman freedom fighter who participated in the war on behalf of Indian soldiers against the British East India Company, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She was a member
Sikandar Bagh
…garden still bear witness to the event. Another visible reminder of the battle is the statue, erected some years ago in the old campus of the garden, of Uda Devi, a Pasi (a Dalit community) lady, who fought side by side with the besieged mutineers. Attired in male battle dress, she had perched herself atop a…
The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Shri J.P. Nadda paying homage to the freedom fighter Uda Devi, at Sikandar Bagh, Lucknow on August 19, 2016