Sparks from Memory

New campus of Civil Engineering School Lucknow on Kanpur Road: One fine evening, Rai Bahadur Laxmi Chand, principal of Civil Engineering School Lucknow summoned me to his office. He was in the process of giving finishing touches to the building plans of a hostel proposed to be constructed in a residential area of the city, … Read more

Family: Family has different meanings for different people. In the good old days, joint families were very common and normally ten to fifteen members lived together. In the present context, family is expected to include husband, wife and one or two children. Times have changed and the concept of families has undergone a lot of … Read more

Rajvansh Biradari: Rajvansh Biradari is a comparatively small community of Vaish Agrawals. Rising initially from Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor and Morradabad districts of Uttar Pradesh they have gradually moved to almost all parts of the country and in most of the developed countries of the world. Members of the Rajvansh Biradari, by and large belong to … Read more

Our habitats at Lucknow: Our first residence at Lucknow was warden’s quarter of Civil Engineering School. We had very limited accommodation, but, it seems that we were very happy and satisfied with what we had. I was teaching structures and irrigation in the institution at that time. Since the students were drawn from different academic … Read more

Study tours: Field trips and study tours form a useful supplemental activity of teaching in all technical and professional institutions. Normally, study tours were arranged for final year students of Civil Engineering School Lucknow during the winter vacations and the duration was about ten days. With about sixty students in the final year, the winter … Read more

Management: Hindu Education Society of Lucknow was a non-government organization registered under the Societies Registration Act. The society had twelve to fourteen local members. The society had established Civil Engineering School Lucknow, sometimes in 1934 as a private institution for the conduct of overseers certificate courses in civil engineering. Initially, the school was recognized by … Read more

Lucknow: Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh and is one of the fastest growing cities of India. Lucknow had a chequered history. Sometimes in 1350, Lucknow and part of Awadh were controlled by sultans of Delhi. Thereafter for some time, these were in the hands of nawabs of Jaunpur. Humayun annexed it to … Read more

Kanpur: Kanpur happened to be the biggest city of northern India in 1950. Situated on the right bank of river Ganga, Kanpur developed into a flourishing industrial town, in an era, when the development of infrastructure and growth of industries were the most neglected sectors in the country. Lal Imli from Cawnpore Woolen Mills was … Read more

Ballia: The roots of Ballia date from pre-historic times. It is believed that Rishi Balmiki the author of Ramayan and rishis Bhrigu, Durvasa, Parashar and Jamadagni had their ashrams at Ballia. Mangal Pandey, who played a prominent role during the uprising of 1857 hailed from Ballia. Ballia was also in prominence during the quit India … Read more

Varanasi: Varanasi is the holiest of the holy cities of India. Known as Kashi or Banaras, it is located on the banks of river Ganga, almost midway through its run from Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. It is the holiest of the seven sacred cities ( Sapt Puri ) of Hinduism and Jainism. It … Read more