Lucknow's last Nawab, Wajid Ali Shah, faced numerous obstacles in finding a suitable bride. Initial marriage arrangements were repeatedly cancelled due to various reasons, including concerns about ...

As Wajid Ali Shah was fully occupied with debauchery ... “I cannot live without her,” said the Nawab, but his mother was not impressed. He wanted to have her anyhow. When his request persisted ...

Often wrongly portrayed by British Historians, one of the greatest Nawabs of Lucknow- Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was an embodiment of Art and Culture.He was one of the outstanding secularists of his ...

claimed to be descendants of the last nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah and his freedom fighter wife Hazrat Mahal. For a decade before they moved into the dilapidated lodge in 1986, they had occupied ...

A Mighty Fracas Is Raging Between The Descendants Of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah In Calcutta And An Iranian Woman Who Claims To Be Married To A Scion Of The Awadhi Family. Hemchhaya De Investigates The ...

“The social image of Wajid Ali Shah as portrayed by the English has made people misunderstand him. Shah was an artist, but ...

Lucknow: The Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden (Lucknow Zoo) administration has made elaborate arrangements to protect animals from heat during summer. According to officials, animals have ...

Wajid Ali Shah, the last nawab of Awadh would have turned 200 in 2022. But it’s only this year that the Sibtainabad Imambara where he was laid to rest, in Kolkata’s Metiabruz neighbourhood is ...

Born on July 30, 1822, in Lucknow, when the last nawab of Awadh dynasty, Wajid Ali Shah, attained the marriageable age of 15, he encountered similar problems which many commoners do. In the first ...