Kingdom of Awadh
The Oudh State also Kingdom of Awadh, (Kingdom of Oudh, or Awadh State) was a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856.
As the Mughal Empire declined and decentralized, local governors in Oudh began asserting greater autonomy, and eventually Oudh matured into an independent polity governing the fertile lands of the Central and Lower Doab.
The capital of Oudh was in Faizabad.
With the British East India Company entering Bengal and decisively defeating Oudh at the Battle of Buxar in 1764, Oudh fell into the British orbit.
After the British annexation of Oudh by the Doctrine of Lapse, the North Western Provinces became the North Western Provinces and Oudh
Oudh joined other Indian states in an upheaval against British rule in 1858 during one of the last series of actions in the Indian rebellion of 1857.
Saadat Khan, also known as Burhan-ul-Mulk, was the founder of the autonomous principality of Awadh.
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Mirza Wajid Ali Shah was the eleventh and last King of Awadh.
His second wife, Muhammadi Khanum, better known as the Begum Hazrat Mahal, rose against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 as the regent of Awadh.
He was a poet, playwright, dancer and great patron of the arts.
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