Sleeman by British Governor-General Dalhousie, in the court of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. While the British had no qualms about occupying Awadh by force, but the invaders wanted to legitimize their ...

There is delicious irony in England's king ordering Calcutta biryani, a dish that was born when the last nawab of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah, was exiled to Calcutta by the British. The elite New York City ...

Students, foresters, bird watchers, nature lovers, and others gathered for a walkathon that was flagged off from the 1090 Crossing, in Gomti Nagar and culminated at the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah ...

When Wajid Ali Shah ascended the throne ... Another story says that her father was in attendance of a nawab of Farrukhabad. There is no third story, as far as I know.” Taqui reminds us that ...

Holi and Islam may seem unrelated today, but during the Mughal era, emperors embraced the festival as Eid-e-Gulabi or ...

Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister and Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NISHAD) party president Sanjay Nishad triggered a ...

Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Nishad faces backlash for suggesting those who have issues with Holi colours should leave the ...

School children participated in a walkathon, which began in the morning from 1090 Crossing and ended at Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Park. The event also featured a musical performance by the ...

Once a grand spectacle in the Mughal courts, Holi’s vibrant legacy endures—not just in colour but on our plates.

Lucknow’s Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden will remain closed on March 13 and 14 in observance of Holika Dahan and Holi ...

Now we have Rosie Llewellyn-Jones’s The Last King in India, which is the story of the equally wretched Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Oude, the annexation of whose kingdom in 1856 was a major factor in that ...