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Examine how Lord Dalhousie's policy of annexation created dissatisfaction amongst the of Awadh. |
Answer» SOLUTION : Briish were felt that the soil of Awadh was very GOOD for producing indigo and cotton and the region was ideally located to be developed into the principal market of upper India. Lord Dalhousic had carried out Awadh annexation in 1856 which crcated the dissatisfaction among the people of Awadh. IHere the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was dcthroned and exiled to Calcutta on the PLEA that the region was being misgoverned. He was widely loved and when he left his beloved Lucknow, there were many who followed him all way to Kanpur singing songs of lanent. This emotional upheaval was aggravated by immediate material losses. The removal of Nawab led to the dissolution of the court and its culture. Thus a whole range of people musicians, dancers, POETS artisians, cooks, retainers, admninistrative officers so on LOST their livelihood. Taluqdars and sepoys were rendered jobless and powerless | |