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Historians say
Built by Wajid Ali Shah in the 1850s and largely demolished in the reprisals after 1857. Birju Maharaj's ancestors danced at the Nawabi court here, which makes Qaiserbagh the seat of the Lucknow Kathak gharana as well as a ruin.
Historians say
What remains of the last Nawab's great palace complex, which was described as the final flowering of Nawabi life. Most of it was destroyed by the British after 1857; the Safed Baradari is the principal survivor.