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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historical region of north-central India. Dating from at least the 4th century AD, it was ruled by the Moguls after the 16th century and annexed by Great Britain in 1856. The annexation was a major cause of the Indian Mutiny (1857).
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Examples
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The author discusses infanticide as practised in Oudh in many passages of his _Journey through the Kingdom of Oudh_
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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Recent Excavations at Sahēṭh-Mahēṭh in Oudh, believed to be Sāvaṭṭhī, or Śrāvastī.
Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909
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The scene of the poem is laid in the city of Ayodhyá, the modern Oudh, which is described in glowing colors as a place of health, beauty, and prosperity --
Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala Kalidasa 1866
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The legacy of Indo-Muslim culture had evolved in kingdoms such as Oudh, Hyderabad, Rampur, Bhopal, Murshidabad, Golconda and Bijapur.
Aparna Pande: Is Pakistan Part of South Asia? Yes! Aparna Pande 2011
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The legacy of Indo-Muslim culture had evolved in kingdoms such as Oudh, Hyderabad, Rampur, Bhopal, Murshidabad, Golconda and Bijapur.
Aparna Pande: Is Pakistan Part of South Asia? Yes! Aparna Pande 2011
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For ten years Renaldi lived in Calcutta, Lucknow (working, it is believed, forنواب آصف الدولہ Asaf ud-Daulah, the Nawab Wazir of Oudh), and in Dacca (now the capital city of Bangladesh).
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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For ten years Renaldi lived in Calcutta, Lucknow (working, it is believed, forنواب آصف الدولہ Asaf ud-Daulah, the Nawab Wazir of Oudh), and in Dacca (now the capital city of Bangladesh).
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Recent scholarship has hardly begun to gauge the strands of influence flowing out of the studios of western artists in what were then called the “presidencies” of Bengal, Behar, and Oudh — and thence to the workshops of indigenous Indian court and other local painters who evidently admired, or at least for whatever reasonsoughtto emulate them.
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This was a time when Lucknow was not only the capital of Awadh or Oudh, but the cultural capital of north India.
Where East Met West To Wondrous Effect Lee Lawrence 2011
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Recent scholarship has hardly begun to gauge the strands of influence flowing out of the studios of western artists in what were then called the “presidencies” of Bengal, Behar, and Oudh — and thence to the workshops of indigenous Indian court and other local painters who evidently admired, or at least for whatever reasonsoughtto emulate them.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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