Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan is Lucknow Zoo's new name
Q. What is the new name given to Lucknow Zoo by the Uttar Pradesh Government on 23rd June’15?- Published on 24 Jun 15a. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan
b. Begum Mahal Prani Udyan
c. Sikandar Bagh Prani Udyan
d. Mahomed Bagh Prani Udyan
ANSWER: Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan
Lucknow Zoo established in 1921 and named after England’s Prince of Wales as Prince of Wales Zoological Gardens was renamed as Lucknow Prani Udyan on 4 June 2001. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was the last Nawab of Oudh under whom the province was annexed by the British under the policy of Doctrine of Lapse in 1856. Later, Shah was exiled to Matia Birj in Bengal.
