Identify the ruler of 1857 Revolt with the given clues:
A. I was the Nawab of Awadh.
B. My territory was annexed by Lord Dalhousie in 1856.
C. I was exiled to Calcutta on the charge of misgovernance.

Who was this ruler?
1. Wajid Ali Shah
2. Shah Mal
3. Bahadur Shah
4. Ahmadullah Shah

1

Lord Dalhousie’s annexations of Awadh in 1856 created disaffection in all the areas and principalities that were annexed but nowhere more so than in the kingdom of Awadh in the heart of North India. Here, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was dethroned and exiled to Calcutta on the plea that the region was being misgoverned. The British government also wrongly assumed that Wajid Ali Shah was an unpopular ruler. On the contrary, he was widely loved, and when he left his beloved Lucknow, there were many who followed him all the way to Kanpur singing songs of lament.