Question

why did the British army
captured wazid
Ali Shah? in chaptet 'The Chess Player '
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Exile years

A year later when the India's First War of Independence spread to Lucknow and the sepoys installed one of his sons to the throne of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah was imprisoned in Fort William by the British along with his Prime Minister, due to apprehensions that he would become a rallying figure for the sepoys.