Lucknowites gathered for the 8th Wajid Ali Shah Festival, hosted by the Rumi Foundation. Curated by filmmaker Muzaffar Ali and his wife Meera, the evening began with a kathak presentation titled ...

Wajid Ali Shah. | Wikimedia Commons [Licensed under CC-PD-Mark] The British make a case that Wajid was effeminate, childlike, and emasculated by spending his time with women and eunuchs.

When deposed nawab Wajid Ali Shah settled in Calcutta, he brought Awadhi art, literature, sport, fashion, food…changing and adding to the cultural contours of the pulsating metropolis. Plangent ...

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Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, living in Calcutta on a British pension, died in 1887, leading some historians to suspect foul play. Allegedly, a trusted officer, Munsarim-ud-Daulah, administered a poisoned ...

Sibtainabad Imambara in southwest Kolkata’s Metiabruz, the 1864-built structure where the nawab rests, hosted the exhibition titled Intekhab as part of Dastaan e Akhtar, a two-day event curated by ...