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'''Civil Lines''' (formerly '''Cannington'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anglicanhistory.org/india/chatterton1924/22.html |title=A History of the Church of England in India |last1=Chatterton |first1=Eyre |author-link=Eyre Chatterton |website=anglicanhistory.org |access-date=11 September 2013}}</ref> also '''Canning Town'''<ref name=TGEIAAp57>{{cite book |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, Volume 3|author=Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila Blai|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year= 2009|isbn=978-8125013839 |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=un4WcfEASZwC&pg=PA57}}</ref>) is a [[Civil Lines]] neighborhood of [[Prayagraj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is the upper-class [[central business district]] of the city and is famous for its urban setting, [[gridiron plan]] roads<ref name=AHVLp14>{{cite book |title=A Hand-book for Visitors to Lucknow: With Preliminary Notes on Allahabad and Cawnpore|author=Henry George Keene|author-link=Henry George Keene (1826–1915)|publisher=J. Jetley|year= 1875|isbn=81-206-1527-1 |pages=14–15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EfGFMpm8UbAC&pg=PA15}}</ref> high rise buildings, offices, cafes, restaurants, hotels, malls, shopping complexes, theatres etc. Built in 1857, under the supervision of Cuthbert Bensley Thornhill, it was the largest town-planning project carried out in India before the establishment of [[New Delhi]].<ref name=TGEIAAp57/><ref name=AHVLp14/>

== History ==

Civil Lines was built in 1858 a few months after the end of the [[Rebellion of 1857]], when around 600 [[Meo (ethnic group)|Meo people]] were massacred by the [[Company rule in India|British people in India]] for their alliance with the [[Indian independence movement|Indian Independence Movement activists]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Unsung-story-of-Civil-Lines/articleshow/37687050.cms?from=mdr | title=Unsung story of Civil Lines | newspaper=The Times of India | date=3 July 2014 | access-date=25 April 2018 }}</ref> and eight villages were seized to form a new township.<ref name=TempWest>{{cite book |last=Mishra |first=Pankaj |date=12 October 2011 |title=Temptations of the West: How to be Modern in India, Pakistan and Beyond |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YyvjCTxS5-YC&q=white+town+allahabad&pg=PA35 |location=London |publisher=Pan Macmillan |pages= 35–36|isbn=9780330434683 |access-date=23 January 2014 }}</ref> During the early period of its development it was referred to as the '''White Town''' of the city as it was predominated by the British people and a very few [[Indian People|Indians]] were allowed.<ref name=TempWest/><ref>{{cite book |last=Nayar |first=Pramod K. |date=2009 |title=Days of the Raj: Life and Leisure in British India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0WGOixWwO0C&q=white+town+allahabad&pg=PT25 |publisher=Penguin Books India |page=50 |isbn= 9780143102809|access-date=23 January 2014 }}</ref>

==Demographics==

A population of 923 was registered in Civil Lines during the [[1951 Census of India|1951 Census]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Dixit |first=Kapil |date=14 Aug 2014 |title=Cops conserve British era records |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Cops-conserve-British-era-records/articleshow/40203128.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |location=Allahabad |access-date=15 Sep 2014 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of tourist attractions in Prayagraj]]
* [[Neighborhoods of Allahabad]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Allahabad landmarks}}

{{coord missing|Uttar Pradesh}}

[[Category:1857 establishments in India]]

Civil Lines, Allahabad - Revision history

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