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| birth_place = [[Lucknow]]
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'''Roshan Taqui''' is an Indian historian specialising on [[Lucknow]] and its culture.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/fida-on-lucknow-history/story-Ql63LHQG9EQdmONfBGXY4I.html|title=Fida on Lucknow & history|date=2006-05-05|work=www.hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2018-11-20|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/history/the-revolt-of-1857-maulavi-ahmadullah-shah-the-rebel-saint-of-faizabad|title=The Revolt of 1857: Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah, the Rebel Saint of Faizabad|website=The Wire|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/walk-down-the-sheermal-lane/articleshow/59200669.cms|title=Walk down the sheermal lane - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/proposal-to-build-lakshman-statue-outside-lucknow-mosque-sparks-controversy/story-qrjwB6aG76gXp0qETd1Y3O.html|title=Proposal to build Lakshman statue outside Lucknow mosque sparks controversy|date=2018-07-01|work=www.hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2018-11-19|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Hazrat-Mahal-Begum-who-challenged-Queen-of-England/articleshow/52496085.cms|title=Hazrat Mahal: Begum who challenged Queen of England - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/women-rebels-who-shook-british-roots-in-avadh/articleshow/58601985.cms|title=Women Rebels Who Shook British Roots In Avadh - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/laxmanpuri-se-lucknow-tak-at-mahotsava-this-year/articleshow/62261463.cms|title=‘Laxmanpuri se Lucknow tak’ at Mahotsava this year - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Roshan Taqui was born in 1958 at Lucknow.

He is an alumnus of AMU and Ph.D from Lucknow University on ‘Lucknow Monuments – Preservation, Conservation Solutions’.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://lucknowliteraryfestival.com/team/roshan-taqui/|title=Roshan Taqui|website=lucknowliteraryfestival.com|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref>

Taqui's great-grandfather and great grand-uncle were killed in Lucknow during the 1857 uprising.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-04-29/special-report/27885155_1_lucknow-awadh-uprising|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704083553/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-04-29/special-report/27885155_1_lucknow-awadh-uprising|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2013|title=38,000 Indians were killed here|date=29 Apr 2007|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=4 July 2013}}</ref>

== Professional life ==
Taqui has written numerous books and published more than 140 research papers on history and cultural heritage of [[Avadh]] in English, Hindi and Urdu.

His book ''Lucknow Ki Bhand Parampara'' ("The Traditions of the clown of Lucknow") is the only book on the subject. He has also written two books on contribution of rulers of Avadh to Indian music and dance viz., ''Bani'' and ''Chanchal''.

He has also written and directed three short films on adult education and prohibition and directed 14 plays.<ref name=":0" />

Roshan Taqui is member secretary of HARCA (the Historical & Archaeological Research and Conservation Agency), which is looking after conservation and restoration of heritage buildings at Lucknow.

== Publications ==

=== English ===
[[File:Roshan Taqui Avadhnama.jpg|alt=Roshan Taqui receives award.|thumb|Roshan Taqui receiving Waqar-e-Avadh award by Avadhnama, a bilingual daily, from Ram Naik, Governor of UP.]]

* Avadh Dastavez
*Images of Lucknow, 2007, New Royal Book Co. {{ISBN|978-81-89267-04-9}}
* Lucknow 1857: The Two Wars of Lucknow, Dusk of an Era, 2001, New Royal Book Co. {{ISBN|978-81-85936-08-6}}
*Lucknow Conservation, International Dimensions
*Lucknow Monuments – Conservation, Preservations Solutions
*Begum Hazrat Mahal

=== Hindi ===

*Bani - Sangeet Sankalan
*Lucknow ki Bhand Parampara
*Lucknow kay Miraasi
*Chanchal - Sangeet Sankalan
*Dulhan - Sangeet Sankalan
*Sautul Mubarak
*Begum Hazrat Mahal
*1857 kay Baad Lucknow ki Barbaadi
*Aaha Mirza Kambalposh - Lucknow ka Pahla Krantiveer
*Wajid Ali Shah - Ek Sufi ek Sant
*Anuvaad - Shad Azimabaadi

=== Urdu ===

* Khushboo - Urdu dramoN ka Majmua
* Ajayab Nagar - Yakbaabi Almiya DramoN ka MajmuaaN
* Daadajaan ne Kaha Tha - Do Baabi Tarbiya DramoN ka MamuaaN

== References ==
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