Awadh was always a centre of attraction for their fertile land which also brought British to exploit its fertility for their own aspiration. Hence, British in AD subjugated as part of their Empire. Are you worried or stressed?
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Please plunge forward and help it grow! Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read Edit View history. Main page Travel destinations Star articles What's Nearby? Tourist office Random page. The lion would fit the Padshah-e Awadh after , as a Padshah was the Persian equivalent of Maharaja. The composed symbol upheld by two angels dewas , hindu goddesses is the symbol of the Mughal who was the suzerein of the nawabs of Awadh.
In the symbol the sun is the emblem of the Mughal Empire, the crown is the Imperial tiara and represents the Mughal himself. The necklace is the symbol of the exalted rank of the Mughal. Such necklaces were also worn by mediaeval Indian kings, often represented as gods. Always of precious stones or pearls, they were common amongst 19th century royalty of India.
The umbrella is the symbol of spiritual leadership, be it in this case, of the Mughal or of the nawab. The Crown of Oudh. The crown of Oudh consists of a pointed diadem covered with diamonds and with a big ruby in the middle. On the central point is a plume and the crown is lined with a high red velvet cap. About the Crown of Oud is reported: [5]. The crown was a rarity in modern India; among Hindus as well as Muslims the turban was the royal headgear of choice.
Ancient Hindu kings had worn multi-peaked crowns mukut , and tinsel or pith versions of these continue to be used today in weddings and in dramatizations of Hindu epics. Elaborate crowns were also worn by some of the last Mughal emperors and the rulers of the successor states, especially Muslim ones, but these towering confections seem to have symbolized weakness, not power.
Oudh was a large, wealthy state in the centre of north India; it was surrounded on three sides by British territory and had been greedily eyed by successive British governors. Its then ruler, Ghazi al-Din Haydar r.
Portraits of the first two kings of Oudh, showing the crown of Oudh. It was a link the British were happy to sever too. In an explicit break with Indian tradition, Ghazi al-Din Haydar had himself publicly crowned, an act that required him first to appear bareheaded before his subjects.
This is a state which Indians associate with humility, penitence, and submission - not royal power. For the occasion, in addition to his new crown, he wore an ermine-trimmed cape and a ceremonial chain. All were unmistakably European in inspiration, and drew on designs provided by a British artist, Robert Home , who was court painter at Oudh in the s and 20s. Neither the kings nor their crowns were to last.
In the British annexed Oudh on the grounds that it was poorly governed. Emblem: A kutar per pale, point upwards between two fishes saliant. Crown: The crown of the nawab. Supporters: Two tigers, each holding a pennon.
Tympanon above a door in Barowen Palace, 18thth c. Lucknow, c. British Library [10]. The achievement was continued by his successors:. Medal of Nawab Ghazi-ud-din Haidar of Awadh. Cast and struck gold. British Museum, donated by Henry van der Bergh. The achievement can also be seen on a golden mohur, minted Emblem: A lotus-flower surrounded by the twin fish matsya , in chief a katar per pale, point upwards.
Crown: A five-pointed crown. Supporters : Two tigers with banners reguardant standing on a listel. The lotus is, apart from the buddhist meaning, the symbol of enlightened administration. This crown is the central symbol of an emblem that appears on coins minted in the reign of Amjad Ali Shah.
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