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Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan, earlier known as Prince of Wales Zoological Gardens or popularly known as Lucknow Zoological Garden (Urdu: Lakhnaū Chiṛiyāghara), and Banaarsi Baag, is a 71.6-acre (29.0 ha) zoo located in the heart of the capital city of Uttar Pradesh named after Wajid Ali Shah - the last Nawab of Awadh.
The Nawab of Awadh or Nawab of Oudh / ˈ aʊ d / was the title of the rulers of Kingdom of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in northern India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to an Iranian dynasty [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] of Sayyid origin [ 4 ] [ 5 ] from Nishapur , Iran .
Nawab Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan KCIE (12 December 1863 – 4 December 1937), hailing from Topi, Swabi District, British India (modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan) was an educationist and politician. Qayyum Khan helped Mortimer Durand during his negotiation of the Durand Line agreement with Afghanistan in 1893.
Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920. Many notable individuals have been affiliated with the college as graduates, non-graduating attendees, faculty, staff, or administrators. The following is a list of notable Aligarh Muslim University alumni. [note 1
Abdus Salam, Nobel laureate in physics 1979, science advisor to the Government of Pakistan (1960–1974), founding director of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), received the Sitara-e-Pakistan for contribution to science in Pakistan (1959) and founded the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste
Notably, the Bara Imambara in Lucknow, was constructed during his reign by destitute workers seeking employment. A popular saying of his time spoke of his benevolence: "Jisko na de Maulā, usko de Asaf-ud-daulā" which translates to "to whom even God does not give, Asaf-ud-Daula gives." [5] He was painted several times by Johann Zoffany. [6]
Nawab [a] [b] is a royal title indicating a ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the Western title of Prince. The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared to that of the Kings of Saxony to the German Emperor. [1]
Nawab of Jhelum Nawab Raja Iqbal Mehdi Khan ... Pages in category "Nawabs of Pakistan" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.