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Lucknow - Residency

The Residency was started in 1780 by Asaf-ud-Daulla, the local nawab, and completed in 1800 by Saddat Ali. The Residency complex was built for the British Resident and his associates.

Now in ruins, the Residency has the remains of a church, mosque, post office, jail, school, banquet hall and houses. The buildings were the sight of the 1857 Uprising when rebels occupied the Residency but the building was soon recaptured by the British.

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The rebels did not leave easily resulting in heavy cross firing, which badly damaged the structure.

The on site museum includes the original buildings as scale models. The cemetery near St Mary's Church has 2,000 defenders buried on its grounds.
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Adult 100.00
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