Pearl by the River
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
8129144883
ISBN-13
9788129144881
Publisher
Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
Imprint
Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
Country of Manufacture
IN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 31st, 2017
Print length
300 Pages
Weight
204 grams
Dimensions
13.00 x 19.90 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Asian historyModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Ksh 900.00
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The book explores how Nawab Wajid Ali Shah transformed his exile into a new kingdom in Bengal, replicating the Lucknow way of life. Despite losing his throne, he sculpted his passion into concrete beauty, leaving a lasting legacy in Metiabruz, known as ''Chota Lucknow''.
"[The author] has excelled in recreating in the reader''s mind the enormity of the tragedy a man suffered and how he chose to sculptor his choked passion into a concrete beauty" Dr Meerza Kaukab, great-grandson of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah.Theast king of Audh, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah ofucknow was exiled by the British to Metiabruz in Bengal, on the fringes of Calcutta. Despite being robbed of his rightful throne, the Nawab did notose hope; instead, he set about establishing a new mini-kingdom on the banks of the River Hoogly.ittle byittle he brought in theaknawi way ofife to this area of Bengal, so much so that Metiabruz came to be called "Chotaucknow''. Extensively researched and evocatively written, this bookooks at a forgotten king and how he turned his exile into a victory of sorts.
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