Oudh

[ oud ]

/ aʊd /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for oudh

Since that time the army has been reorganized, and depends on Oudh for its recruits much less than it did in the author's day.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official|William Sleeman
In Oudh this class of people have all inherited from their fathers a respect for our rule and a love for our service.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official|William Sleeman
Pardeshi or foreign, and Pūrabia or eastern, are also subcaste names for groups coming from northern India or Oudh.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)|R.V. Russell
In the splendid palace of the Rajah, at Oudh, lives Daśaratha, mourning in childlessness.
Hindu Literature|Epiphanius Wilson

Thus in the course of ten days English authority in Oudh practically vanished.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for oudh

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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