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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awadh Oudh] Wikipedia<br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awadh Oudh] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pope1880Oudh2.jpg Map of Oudh annexed in 1856] Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pope1880Oudh2.jpg Map of Oudh annexed in 1856] Wikipedia | ||
====Historical books online==== | |||
*''Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh'' 1877-1878 [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024153987#page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume 1 A-G''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073057345#page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume 2 H-M''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073057352#page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume 3 N-Z''] archive.org | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbooktoenglis00dewauoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''A hand-book to the English pre-mutiny records in the government record rooms of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh''] by Douglas Dewar c 1919 Archive.org | |||
*''A history of the Sepoy war in India, 1857-1858 Vol I'' by John William Kaye [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorysepoywa01kayegoog#page/n136/mode/2up Annexation of Oude] archive.org | |||
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[[Category:Provinces]] | [[Category:Provinces]] | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 23 December 2012
Awadh: A province of the Mughal Empire administered by a Nawab.
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Awadh
Variants: Oude, Oudh
History under the British
The British as the East India Company tried over a long period to strengthen their hold on the kingdom by manipulating the succession and imposing ever more onerous treaty obligations. British troops were provided for the internal and external protection of the state in return for a heavy subsidy. Eventually the Nawab was unable to pay his dues and was forced to cede the fort at Allahabad, then surrender Rohilkhand and the Lower Doab and take advice from a British Resident.
In 1837 the British again imposed a new ruler and a fresh treaty which allowed them to assume management of the state in the event of misrule. It was this treaty which gave the Marquess of Dalhousie the excuse to annexe the kingdom in 1856 and make it a British province. It is believed by many that it was this act and the subsequent harsh administration of the province that led to the Indian Mutiny. In 1877 the province was combined to become the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
Main cities
External Links
Oudh Wikipedia
Map of Oudh annexed in 1856 Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh 1877-1878 Volume 1 A-G, Volume 2 H-M, Volume 3 N-Z archive.org
- A hand-book to the English pre-mutiny records in the government record rooms of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh by Douglas Dewar c 1919 Archive.org
- A history of the Sepoy war in India, 1857-1858 Vol I by John William Kaye Annexation of Oude archive.org