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The Night the Nawab was Poisoned

The Night the Nawab was Poisoned Poisoned chutney, the firangis, and the death of a Nishapur sultan It was 134 summers ago that the people of Metiabruz chased Langra Munshi with his entire family out of that locality of Calcutta. He vanished forever, never to be heard from again! Even the omnipotent Kampani Bahadur could not prevent it. What did the munshi do to so invoke the wrath of people? He was charged with murder of a Nishapur royal! That was Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, exiled to Metiabruz by the Kampani. At 10 o’clock in the night of September 21, 1887, the king died soon after consuming chutney, a hakimi dawa or medicine, given him by Munsarim ud Daula, the chief wazir looking after the administration of Metiabruz’s Royal Palace.

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Basanta Singh and Gobar Goho: The Indians who added flair to US wrestling in the 1920s

American wrestling was a gladiatorial sport in the 1920s and Singh and Goho were its ‘Oriental’ draws. 4 hours ago In July 1929, in a much-anticipated encounter in El Paso, Texas, Matty Matsuda, the Japanese-born champion welterweight wrestler, faced off against Basanta Singh, the Indian challenger who moonlighted as a hop and fruit farm labourer. It was a well-contested match, fought in the catch-as-catch-can style created in the 1870s by the British sports coach JG Chambers by combining several wrestling styles. Newspapers called the bout a “colourful exhibition of the grappling art”. Both men sustaining “flying falls”, but in the end, Matsuda was “outweighed and outmatched”. The Indian’s “bear-hug” vanquished his jujitsu.

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The 3 National Trust properties in Bucks and Berks with controversial links to colonialism and slavery

Basildon Park THREE of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire s most historic buildings features in a National Trust report about links to colonialism and slavery. The report titled The Connections between Colonialism and Properties now in the Care of the National Trust was first published last September. Two historical buildings in Berkshire are named in the document, including Ashdown House and Basildon Park. Cliveden House in Taplow, Buckinghamshire also appears on the document. Dr Sally-Anne Huxtable, Head Curator, National Trust said: From the sixteenth century, merchants had sought increasingly to consolidate their socio-economic and political status by acquiring country estates and marrying their children into the landed classes.

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The 3 National Trust properties in Bucks and Berks with controversial links to colonialism and slavery

The 3 National Trust properties in Bucks and Berks with controversial links to colonialism and slavery
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Mamata Banerjee Stands Up From Wheelchair As National Anthem Plays

Mamata Banerjee Stands Up From Wheelchair As National Anthem Plays
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