who was blamed for misgovernment for annexation of avadh
Wajid Ali Shah His kingdom, long protected by the British under treaty, was eventually annexed bloodlessly on 11 February 1856, two days before the ninth anniversary of his coronation. The Nawab was exiled to Garden Reach in Metiabruz, then a suburb of Kolkata, where he lived out the rest of his life on a generous pension. He was a poet, playwright, dancer and great patron of the arts. He is widely credited with the revival of Kathak as a major form of classical Indian dance. He is survived by his great great grand daughter Manzilat Fatima in Kolkata who is a chef and is cooking with the same passion with which her ancestors ate.