The Residency - an epicenter of the siege of 1857.

The Siege lasted for 86 days and took away 979 lives within The Residency complex. The walls were then smeared with blood - no one knows the nationality of the blood, but the speechless walls stood a mute spectator of the bloody mayhem that turned a beautiful complex into ruins. The trees and the walls still seem to cry in dismay having witnessed death, death and death.......
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......a greeting from Lucknow
   
" Jise Aap Kehtein Hain Lucknow
Usey Hum Kehtein Hain Duja jahan "
(a place that you call Lucknow, we call the other world)
   
Welcome to the Resource Site on Lucknow by TORNOS.....
   
This site is all about Lucknow a North Indian city of India, that was the capital of a Moughal province called Awadh (Oudh) later it became an independent Indian State. Lucknow gained prominence when Nawab Asif-ud-Daula made it his capital in the year 1775 and with it took birth a unique oriental culture. Lucknow till date is very conveniently associated with etiquettes, mannerism and the art of speech. It was here that the aristocratic culture found its place even in the common households, on the streets, Lucknow's lanes and innumerable by-lanes. Till date the older parts of the city endorse these observations. More......

TORNOS is a Lucknow based Tour & a Destination Promotion Company. It was setup in 1994 with virtually no infrastructure by a few students of tourism. The objective was not self centered but rather client-centric, to promote Lucknow as a most sought after tourist destination and to provide quality services to the incoming guests. Today we have graduated to being the pioneers in the industry and have carved an enviable niche for ourselves. Know us better......