Bharate Sesh Badshah

This is a Bengali translation Rosie-LLewellyn-Jones's book The Last King in India: Wajid Ali Shah. The translator is Subhamay Ray. This is the story of an extraordinary man whose memory still divides opinion sharply today. Was he, as the British described him, a debauched ruler who spent his time with 'fiddlers, eunuchs, and women' instead of running his kingdom? Or, as most Indians believe, a gifted poet whose works are still quoted today, and who was robbed of his throne by the East...
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This is a Bengali translation Rosie-LLewellyn-Jones's book The Last King in India: Wajid Ali Shah. The translator is Subhamay Ray. This is the story of an extraordinary man whose memory still divides opinion sharply today. Was he, as the British described him, a debauched ruler who spent his time with 'fiddlers, eunuchs, and women' instead of running his kingdom? Or, as most Indians believe, a gifted poet whose works are still quoted today, and who was robbed of his throne by the East India Company?