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The new cantonment was located in the east of the city in the Dilkusha garden and a half-dozen contiguous villages that provided an open, well-drained area. Selection of new site was influenced by concern for health and sanitation. The site was comprised of villas surrounded by gardens forming the country residences of the native nobility. No prior negotiations were made and the small compensation money paid left the natives discontented.
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The cantonment was a separate administrative unit managed by a cantonment committee with the commanding officer of the province at its head. The European soldiers could only be tried in their own martial law court for civil and criminal offenses and this privilege was frequently taken advantage of on their visits to the city.
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The Cantonment was a distinct and important component of colonial urbanization and it received a municipal subsidy, but it was considered outside of municipal limits and without any obligations to it. The Europeans in this privileged part of city preserved a marked social distance from the local population.
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The Civil Lines was the residential area for European nonmilitary community.
It was adjacent to cantonment and insulated from old city. The basic residential unit was the ‘Bungalow Compound Complex’.
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Royal or nuzul lands were now in British hands and other real estate was forcibly and cheaply acquired.
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Together, the Railway station and cantonment formed the “New Lucknow”
