A song from Awadh lamented: 'Noble and peasant all wept together ... The chief has bidden adieu to his country and gone abroad.' Whose departure was this?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Wajid Ali Shah
Option (1) Nana Sahib — Incorrect. Nana Sahib was the adopted son of the late Peshwa and led the rebels near Kanpur. His claim was to the Peshwa's position, far from the throne of Awadh.
Option (2) Bahadur Shah Zafar — Incorrect. Bahadur Shah Zafar was the Mughal emperor at Delhi whom the rebels of 1857 made their leader. He ruled from Delhi, so this song of Awadh's own ruler is about someone else.
Option (3) Wajid Ali Shah — Correct. Wajid Ali Shah was the Nawab of Awadh. The British removed him, and songs of Awadh mourned his leaving his motherland, with noble and peasant grieving together.
Option (4) Kunwar Singh — Incorrect. Kunwar Singh was a local zamindar of Arrah in Bihar who led the revolt there. The song about Awadh's lost ruler does not refer to him.
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