Birjis Qadr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1845
Place of Birth: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Date of Death: 14-Aug-1893
Profession: revolutionary
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Birjis Qadr
- Birjis Qadr (20 August 1845 – 14 August 1893) was the Nawab of Awadh from 1857 until 1858. Following the outbreak of the Sepoy Mutiny, Qadr's mother appointed him monarch of the state in 1857 and she became his regent.
- Although they provided stiff resistance to the British forces, they fled to Kathmandu in Nepal the following year after the capture of Lucknow.
- In Kathmandu, he became a poet and organised mushairas (poetry recitals). In 1887, he returned to India and moved to Metiabruz, a neighbourhood of Kolkata.
- In 1893, he was allegedly murdered by his own relatives.
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