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....nawab budhan  was famous for his interesting hobbies  in Lucknow,  he liked  arranging  and  being present in bird fights  so much  so his live for bird fights had reached   the point where  it  became  more than his crazy passion,  always he was seen with his mouth  stuffed with oaan and hands   clutching  birds  his wife  alya khanum was   miserable  from his passion  because at home he  spent  most of the time with birds 

He also kept all his  domestic  servants  busy with himself,  at least three of them were  specifically  reserved only  for this event , partridges  were  specialized  to fight , he   bought different types of partridges  and bred them professionally  giving them  proper training  , he gave  tge winner partridges titles  of emperors and warriors like sikander and  changez  and bahadur