Exiled in 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah recreated a miniature Lucknow in Metiabruz, Kolkata, transporting its rich culture. Despite British efforts to erase his legacy, remnants of his passion for arts ...
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was not exiled to Calcutta but he came to the city because he wanted to take a ship to London to submit a petition but that departure was restricted and he stayed on, according to ...
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Celebrating 250 years of Lucknow’s legacy: When Wajid Ali Shah’s Awadh was recreated in Kolkata’s Metiabruz
After being deposed and exiled by the British in 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah spent three decades of his life in Metiabruz where he created a miniature Lucknow and transported the city’s culture there ...
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