Qaisar Bagh
Introduction Qaisarbagh Complex of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India (photograph taken between 1865 and 1882). '''Qaisarbagh''' (Hindi: क़ैसरबाग़, Urdu: , , ''Emperor's Garden''), also spelled '''Qaiserbagh''', '''Kaisarbagh''' or '''Kaiserbagh''', is a complex in the city of Lucknow, located in the Awadh region of India. It was built by Wajid Ali Shah (1847-1856), the last Nawab of Awadh. The campaigning Irish journalist William Howard Russell wrote a classic account of the looting of the Qaisar Bagh in 1858 by drunken British troops in the course of the Great Uprising/Indian Mutiny. A kiosk from the Qaisar Bagh gardens was sent to England as a tribute for Queen Victoria and now stands in the Frogmore Gardens at Windsor Castle.Qaisarbagh, Lucknow, c.1866''William Howard Russell'' the London ''Times'' correspondent witnesses British soldiers looting Qaisar Bagh, Lucknow, after its recapture in 1858
See also *Architecture of Lucknow*Meena Baazar
References
External links * Columbia University: Pictures of Qaisarbagh