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The Oudh Nights : Tales of Nawab Wazirs, Kings and Begums of Lucknow

	The Oudh Nights : Tales Of Nawab Wazirs, Kings And Begums Of Lucknow by A.P.Bhatnagar
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ISBN 81-8290-064-6 This book is for those readers who wants to know the truth about Oudh and the past of Nawabi Lucknow. In the eyes of east India Comany, the Nawab Wazirs, Kings and Begums of Lucknow were much maligned persons in the history of Oudh. Of all the persons the last deposed King Wajid Ali Shah was charged with infamy. Not many Indians are aware that interested pareties to dethrone him, spread canards judiciously. Few of the younger generation of India care to remember the herioc efforts of Begum Hazrat Mahal who led from the front and fought to liberate the country from British. She refused to accept not once but many times , offers of security and due privileges from East India Company. She wanted to live with independence, dignity and honour and not on crumbs thrown by a foriegn power. She died unsung in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her equally brave son Birjis Qadr spent his precious chiold hood and youth fighiting against the British and then died under mysterious circumstances when he returned to Calcutta. Some new found facts about Birjis Qadr and his descendents are included. Some special photo features in the book.