Lucknow was represented by whom after Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was deposed:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Birjis Qadr
In 1857 the people of Lucknow celebrated the fall of British rule by hailing Birjis Qadr, the young son of the deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, as their leader.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.3 Leaders and followers … In Kanpur, the sepoys and the people of the town gave Nana Sahib, the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao II, no choice save to join the revolt as their leader. In Jhansi, the rani was forced by the popular pressure around her to assume the leadership of the uprising. So was Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar. In Awadh, where the displacement of the popular Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and the annexation of the state were still very fresh in the memory of the people, the populace in Lucknow celebrated the fall of British rule by hailing Birjis Qadr, the young son of the Nawab, as their leader.… 2.2 ‘The life was gone out of the body’ … Here, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was dethroned and exiled to Calcutta on the plea that the region was being misgoverned.…” |