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Oudh
[ oud ]
noun
- a former part of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in N India: now part of Uttar Pradesh.
Oudh
/ aʊd /
noun
- a region of N India, in central Uttar Pradesh: annexed by Britain in 1856 and a centre of the Indian Mutiny (1857–58); joined with Agra in 1877, becoming the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1902, which were renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950
- another name for Ayodhya
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His conspicuous services in the Mutiny were rewarded with the grant of estates in Oudh.
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But in Oudh the tiger is said to have been formerly destroyed in a very curious way.
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On the 30th of May mutiny burst forth in Oudh, and he was ready.
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Fancy a man of his build and hair and features disguised as a native of Oudh!
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After passing through the college at Addiscombe, he served through the Oudh campaign against the mutineers in 1858 and 1859.
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