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    British Relations With Oudh – History Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.

    অবধের সাথে ব্রিটিশের সম্পর্ক – ইতিহাস নোট – WBCS পরীক্ষা।

    No specific history of Oudh has been written, except a recent work on the first two Nawabs by Dr. Ashirbadi Lai Srivastava, but none since Oudh came in contact with the English. General historians have dealt at some length with its relations with the Company during the periods of Warren Hastings and Wellesley, but only in general manner with the intervening period.Continue Reading British Relations With Oudh – History Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.

    By 1785 Oudh had had 20 years of British connexion and had become dependent on them, in theory only in the matter of defence and foreign policy, in fact in every respect. In 1785 Oudh was in a degenerated state, politically, financially and in military strength.The India Act of 1784 prescribed a policy of non-interference with respect to the native Indian states. Awadh is situated in the heavily populated heart of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and is known for its rich alluvial soils. It received its name from Ayodhya, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Kosala, which was nearly coextensive with present-day Awadh. It was taken by Muslim invaders in the 12th century and became part of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century. British interest in Awadh began in the 1760s, and after 1800 they exercised increasing control there.

    It was annexed (as Oudh) by the British in 1856, an action that greatly angered Indians and which has been cited as a cause of the Indian Mutiny (1857–58), the largest Indian rebellion against British rule. Lucknow, the region’s most populous city, was the scene of much fighting during the unsuccessful revolt. In 1877 the British-controlled Oudh region was joined with Agra to form the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. After India’s independence in 1947 that territory became part of Uttar Pradesh.

    Ayodhya, also called Oudh or Awadh, town, south-central Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies on the Ghaghara River just east of Faizabad.

    An ancient town, Ayodhya is regarded as one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, revered because of its association in the great Indian epic poem Ramayana with the birth of Rama and with the rule of his father, Dasharatha. According to this source, the town was prosperous and well fortified and had a large population.

    In traditional history, Ayodhya was the early capital of the kingdom of Kosala, though in Buddhist times (6th–5th century BCE) Shravasti became the kingdom’s chief city. Scholars generally agree that Ayodhya is identical with the town of Saketa, where the Buddha is said to have resided for a time. Its later importance as a Buddhist centre can be gauged from the statement of the Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian in the 5th century CE that there were 100 monasteries there (although he cited 100, Faxian probably did not mean that exact number, just that there were many monasteries). There were also a number of other monuments, including a stupa (shrine) reputed to have been founded by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka (3rd century BCE).

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