Oudh State (Princely State)

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Was a princely state in the Awadh region of North India.

Establishment

June 1816: In 1816, the Oudh State, a Mughal vassal, became a British protectorate. This decision was made under the rule of the Nawab of Oudh, Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar, who was facing internal unrest and pressure from the British East India Company.

Chronology

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1. Events

February 1856: On 7 February 1856 by order of Lord Dalhousie, General of the East India Company, the king of Oudh (Wajid Ali Shah) was deposed, and its kingdom was annexed to British India under the terms of the Doctrine of lapse on the grounds of alleged internal misrule.