Tag: Oudh
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Celebrating Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and His Contribution to Kolkata’s Culture
Kolkata: We all remember the story of Wajid Ali Shah, the ruler of Oudh, being exiled to Kolkata by the East India Company for being a poor administrator. But how many of us know that the ruler had travelled to the colonial Kolkata with around 6000 attendants in 1856, in hope of travelling to London…