Oudh

[oud]

noun

a former part of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in N India: now part of Uttar Pradesh.

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But in the past they seem to have been of some importance in Oudh.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV
R.V. Russell
Erskine and de Courteille, however, have taken it to be Lakhnau in Oudh.
The Bbur-nma in English
Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
On the 30th of May mutiny burst forth in Oudh, and he was ready.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3
Various
Fancy a man of his build and hair and features disguised as a native of Oudh!
The Disputed V.C.
Frederick P. Gibbon
Rm, an ancient king of Oudh, esteemed an incarnation of Vishnu.
Tara
Philip Meadows Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for oudh

Oudh

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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