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 ...

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 ...

Probably for the first time, a long-dedicated study by the city-based Himanshu Bajpai and Pragya Sharma will enable this city of Nawabs to get to know the “real Wajid Ali Shah.” Embellishing ...

Wajid Ali Shah, the last king of Awadh, spent the latter half of his life in exile in Kolkata, but the city mostly remembers him today because of the potato in the local biryani, believed to be ...