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Amina Hamza Bazaar

Overview

•Aminabad Hamza Bazaar is one of the oldest market centers in the city of Lucknow, India, along with Chowk, Nathan's and Hazratganj.
•Its traders and shops are involved in both wholesale and retail commerce.

Highlights

Aminabad Hamza Bazaar is one of the oldest market centers in the city of Lucknow, India, along with Chowk, Nathan's and Hazratganj.
Its traders and shops are involved in both wholesale and retail commerce.
The main commodities and goods traded are clothes, Chikan embroidery work, spices, dry snacks, hosieries and wedding decorations.
Aminabad is a combination of various markets, cluster of houses, offices and is often compared to the bustling Chandni Chowk of Delhi.
It still has his importance in the Lucknow market and is still the pillar of Lucknow markets.

Dress Code

Modest, respectful clothing is expected at this site.

History

•The year the marketplace came into being is not clear.
•But by all accounts, it was during the rule of the Nawab that the market got its present basic form and name.
•According to the most credible version of history, the land on which Aminabad stands belonged to Rani Jai Kunwar Pandey.
•The Rani, besides being a vassal of the Mughals, was also a great associate of Khadija Khanam's, the Begum (wife) of the first Nawab of Awadh, Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk, who was also the Grand-Wazir of the Mughal Empire.

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Aminabad Hamza Bazaar is one of the oldest market centers in the city of Lucknow, India, along with Chowk, Nathan's and Hazratganj. Its traders and shops are involved in both wholesale and retail commerce.

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