How many statements are correct among the given statements in relation to Nawab Wajid Ali Shah?

A) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was the ruler of Awadh.
B) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was dethroned on the plea that the region was being misgoverned.
C) He was exiled to Rangoon.

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

2

The correct answer is Option 2 - 2

Given statements:

A) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was the ruler of Awadh. (Correct)
B) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was dethroned on the plea that the region was being misgoverned. (Correct)
C) He was exiled to Rangoon. (Incorrect)

Statement C "He was exiled to Rangoon" is incorrect as Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was dethroned and exiled to Calcutta.

Explanation:

Lord Dalhousie’s annexations 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. The widespread sense of grief and loss at the Nawab’s exile was recorded by many contemporary observers. One of them wrote: “The life was gone out of the body, and the body of this town had been left lifeless … there was no street or market and house which did not wail out the cry of agony in separation of Jan-i-Alam.” One folk song bemoaned that “the honourable English came and took the country’’ (Angrez Bahadur ain, mulk lai linho). This emotional upheaval was aggravated by immediate material losses. The removal of the Nawab led to the dissolution of the court and its culture. Thus a whole range of people – musicians, dancers, poets, artisans, cooks, retainers, administrative officials and so on – lost their livelihood.

NOTE:

As 2 statements are correct, i.e., Statements A and B, so the correct answer is option 2 - 2. Please note the question asks How many statements are correct not, which statement is correct.