The book is about Secundrabad. Hyderabad and Secunderabad have been called twin cities, but they have two different histo- ries. While Hyderabad was founded on love, the affair between Md. Quli Qutb Shah and Bhagmati, Secundrabad was an offspring of coercive diplomacy.
Lashkar tells the fascinating story of how the cantonment city gradually grew into an English town, how its new fort, high-secu- rity prison-house, an Anglo-Indian township called Little England, its old shopping mall and famous sex market Lal Bazar were built. This compelling yet lucid book of history, lavishly illustrated with the vintage photographs collected from the Kalakriti Archives, is a must read for anyone interested in Secundrabad and, in extension, the history of Deccan.