It was only after 1856, when Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the then Nawab of Awadh, Lucknow was exiled in Metiabruz by the British Government, this place transformed dramatically. Metiabruz meant fort made from mud (in Urdu, ‘matia’ mean ‘mud’ and ‘bruz’ mean ‘fort’). In those days, it is said, it was called Parikhana, and the […]
