The Lucknow Residency is a monument of military defeat of the British at the hands of the Indian revolutionary forces during the 1857 Indian Revolution. It stands there, in the heart of the city, reminding one and all about the magnitude and ferocity of our first battle for independence. Not a single wall exists in the entire compound, that doesn’t have a million bullet marks and a dozen 40 pounder cannon ball pits on it… The sight fills your heart with pride and patriotism…