A lively heritage walk takes you to the places that are the signposts of the momentous events of the Indian Mutiny of 1857 in the city of the nawabs In the twilight years of the Mughal Empire, the emperor split up India into 12 provinces to be administered by subedars (governors). Under the steerage of the Nawabs, who served as provincial representatives of the Mughal emperor from 1776, the chosen seat of governance of Awadh was Lucknow.