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Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, and some other districts, forming half of the old province of Oudh, ceded by the ruler of Oudh in 1801, were long known as the Ceded Provinces.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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Office of Hawaiian Affairs, et al (respondent) where the main issue is whether the government of the State of Hawaii has the absolute power to sell the "Ceded" Lands of Hawaii (click here for a more detailed explanation).
Fighting for Hawaiian Public Lands sfmike 2009
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Office of Hawaiian Affairs, et al (respondent) where the main issue is whether the government of the State of Hawaii has the absolute power to sell the "Ceded" Lands of Hawaii (click here for a more detailed explanation).
Archive 2009-03-01 sfmike 2009
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_ -- In black cotton soils all over the presidency, but most abundant in the Ceded districts.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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_ -- Very common in the Ceded districts and Nellore.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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This grass is widely spread in the Ceded districts and appears to be a good fodder grass.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Ceded to Spain by a secret clause in the Treaty of Paris, of which she did not know until 1764, Louisiana could not believe the news.
American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913
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Island and the Ceded Mile, a protectorate over a narrow band of land extending from Cape St. Mary for over 250 miles along both banks of the river.
Gambia Frederick John Melville 1911
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Ceded and re-ceded, sacked and pillaged, languishing undeveloped through a colonial existence of 200 years, shocked to its centre by terrible Indian wars, and plunged into a war of secession at the moment when it was hoping for rest and stability, the lovely land seems indeed to have been the prey of a stern yet capricious fate.
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Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, formerly Russian America -- now Ceded to the United States -- and in various other parts of the North Pacific.
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 Abner Doubleday 1856
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