Lucknow

The capital of Uttar Pradesh, in the middle of the Dusty Gangetic plain, was once popular with both the British and the French. Their conflicting styles are reflected in the architecture of the Martiniere school and The Residency. However, the town is most famous for the Indian Mutiny of 1857. The pockmarked walls of The Residency, where the British took refuge, bear witness to those violent times.