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Mirza Wajid Ali Shah (Urdu: واجد علی شاه) (30 July 1822 – 1 September 1887) was the eleventh and last King of Awadh, holding the position for 9 years, from 13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856. Wajid Ali Shah's first wife was Alam Ara who was better known as Khas Mahal (transl. special wife) because of her exquisite beauty.
Jan 10, 2019 · An Awadhi Nero who, toppled by the British at the age of 34, spent 31 years in exile far away from his beloved Lucknow, in Metiaburz, an estate in Kolkata that he fashioned into a simulacrum of his lost realm? Altogether, a decadent relic of the late Mughal period.
Jun 18, 2024 · Wajid Ali Shah, born Mirza Wajid Ali Shah on July 30, 1822, was the eleventh and final ruler of the historic kingdom of Awadh, located in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India.
Jul 15, 2023 · Mirza Wajid Ali Shah (30 July 1822 – 1 September 1887) was the eleventh and final King of Awadh, reigning from 13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856. He is remembered as a poet, playwright, dancer, and patron of the arts who made significant contributions during his rule.
Jul 30, 2023 · Wajid Ali Shah was a man of many contradictions — a king who never had much power but who managed to maintain a ‘court’ to his dying day; a ruler whose deposition contributed to the Revolt of 1857 but who never showed any inclination of fighting the British; an aesthete who wrote much about love and passion, but treated his (numerous ...
Dec 2, 2019 · The mouth-watering delicacies of the colourful 19th century Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah, whose kheer (milk pudding) was cooled in the moonbeams at night, no doubt made Lucknow the most romantic...
Jul 23, 2023 · KOLKATA: Awadh’s last nawab, Wajid Ali Shah, who was a connoisseur of art, music and food, had created a “mini Lucknow” in Metiabruz, where he was exiled after his kingdom was annexed by the British in 1856. He encouraged flowering of traditional performing art forms, like kathak, thumris, ghazals.
Wajid Ali Shah was prolific writer, poet and musician raised in Awadh’s capital city of Lucknow, a centre of Indian urban high culture famous for its poets, dancers and musicians. He was not born in direct line for succession and was already 21 when proclaimed heir apparent.
Wajid Ali Shah was the fifth King of Oudh and son of Amjad Ali Shah. Wajid was the tenth and last nawab of the state of Oudh in present day Uttar Pradesh in India. He ascended the throne of Oudh in 1847 and ruled for nine years.
Wajid Ali Shah was a man of many contradictions — a king who never had much power but who managed to maintain a 'court' to his dying day; a ruler whose deposition contributed to the Revolt of...
