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The Residency, Lucknow

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The Residency has been maintained as it was at the time of the final relief, and the shattered walls are still scarred by cannon shot. Ever since Indian Independence, little has changed. The ruined building is now surrounded by lawns and flowerbeds and serves as a tourist attraction. The cemetery at
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who died during the siege. There is a weathered epitaph near the grave of Sir Henry that reads "Here lies the son of Empire who tried to do his duty" while another nearby grave reads "Do not weep my children, for I am not dead, but am sleeping here." A light and sound show to display the history of
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The Residency, Lucknow, in the foreground is the Treasury building, far left behind it the Martinière post. The Banquet Hall in the middle at the back.
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is located in the heart of the city, in the vicinity of other monuments like Shaheed Smarak, Tehri Kothi and High Court Building.
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the nearby ruined church has the graves of 2,000 men, women and children, including that of
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Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
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Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates
26°51′42″N 80°55′33″E / 26.8618°N 80.9257°E / 26.8618; 80.9257

Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
India
Residency
Nawab Asaf-ud-Daulah
Nawab Saadat Ali Khan II
Nawab
Oudh
Siege of Lucknow
Indian Rebellion of 1857
recaptured


High cross

Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence
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