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  UNITED PROVINCES OF AGRA AND OUDH - LoveToKnow Article on UNITED PROVINCES OF AGRA AND OUDH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Throughout the rest of the province of Agra, almost all of which was acquired between 1801 and 1803, temporary settlements are in force, usually for a term of thirty years, the revenue being assessed at one-half of the assets or estimated rental value.
In Oudh, after the convulsion of the Mutiny, all rights in land were confiscated at a stroke, and the new system adopted was in the nature of a treaty between the state and the talukdars, or great landlords.
The whole of Oudh was restored to the Nawab, and Shah Alam received as an imperial apanage the province of Allahabad and Kora in the lower Doab, with a British garrison in the fort of Allahabad.
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 Encyclopedia: United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, mainly referred to simply as the United Provinces, was a former province of British India, which existed from 1902 to 1947.
United Provinces, 1903 The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, mainly referred to simply as the United Provinces, was a former province of British India, which existed from 1902 to 1947.
In 1877 the offices of lieutenant-governor of the NorthWestern Provinces and chief commissioner of Oudh were combined in the same person; and in 1902, when the new name of United Provinces was introduced, the title of chief commissioner was dropped, though Oudh still retained some marks of its former independence.
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 AGRA. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The presidency, or province, of Agra was created in 1833 when the British partitioned the Bengal presidency.
In 1877, Agra and Oudh were placed under one administrator, and in 1902 they became the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
From 1836 to 1858 it was the capital of the North West Province.
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 Awadh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Till 1819, Awadh was a province of the Mughal Empire administered by a Nawab.
Oudh was placed back under a chief commissioner, and was governed as a British province.
In 1877 the offices of lieutenant-governor of the North-Western Provinces and chief commissioner of Oudh were combined in the same person; and in 1902, when the new name of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was introduced, the title of chief commissioner was dropped, though Oudh still retained some marks of its former independence.
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 Förenade provinserna Agra och Oudh - Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin
United provinces of Agra and Oudh), provins i Brittiska Indien, före 1902 under benämningen Nordvästprovinserna, mellan 23° 52' och 31° 15' n.br.
Handeln är koncentrerad i de stora städerna, Lucknow, Benares, Agra, Cawnpur, Allahabad, Bareilly, Meerut, Faizabad, Gorakhpur m.fl., främjas genom de segelbara floderna, det vittgrenade kanalsystemet samt ett utvecklat järnvägsnät och omfattar förnämligast vete, bomull, socker, indigo, timmer, te, opium och tobak; allt stora exportvaror; däremot importerades metall- och manufakturvaror, salt och specifikt europeiska varor.
Provinsen styrdes av en lieutenant-governor och var indelad i 9 divisioner: Meerut, Agra, Rohilkhand, Allahabad, Benares, Gorakhpur och Kumaun, vilka tillhörde det forna Agra, samt Lucknow och Faizabad, det forna Oudh, och dessa i 48 distrikt.
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 Project South Asia
It is bounded on the west by the Province of Bilhar and Orissa, and on the east by Assam and Burma.
The population of the United Provinces decreased in 1901-21.
In 1843 the province of Sind was conquered and annexed by Sir Charles Napier.
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 1089-1090 (Nordisk familjebok. Uggleupplagan. 30. Tromsdalstind - Urakami)
United brethren of Christ [jönåYtid bre'thren ev kråYst], eng., "Förenade Kristi bröder", en religiös sekt i Nord-Amerikas förenta stater, som mot slutet af 1700-talet stiftades af P. Otterbein och M. Brehm, såsom ett slags förgrening både af wes- Tryckt den n/e 20 leyanerna och arminianerna.
Berger, "Church of the united brethren" (1897) samt sektens från 1867 utgifna årsböcker.
United provinces of Agra and Oudh [jönåYtid prårvinsis ev ä;gre end äu'd], provins i Brittiska In- 30 b.
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 Oudh, historic region, India. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
It became (16th cent.) a province of the Mughal empire, and was subsequently governed by the nawabs of Oudh from their capitals of Faizabad (1724–75) and Lucknow (1775–1856).
The annexation (1856) of Oudh as a British province was a contributing cause of the Indian Mutiny (1857–58).
In 1877, Oudh was joined with the presidency of Agra to form the United Provinces, which subsequently became the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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 AllRefer.com - United Provinces, former state, India, India (Indian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
United Provinces, former state, N India, now almost coextensive with the modern state of Uttar Pradesh.
The United Provinces embraced the plain of the Ganges, the heartland of India.
The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was formed in 1877 by merging the presidency of Agra and the kingdom of Oudh.
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 Project South Asia
The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh consist of the Upper Ganges, the Jumna, and their tributaries together with the hill tracts north and south.
The territories obtained from the Nawab of Oudh in 1775, 1798, and 1801, and those won by Lord Lake from Sindhia of Gwalior in 1803, were originally attached to the province of Bengal under the name of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
The Central Provinces consist of highland country, little known, covered with jungle and forest, with three fairly fertile valleys, one sloping westward along the Narbada, one southward along the Wardha and Wainganga to the Godavari, and one eastward along the Mahanadi and its feeders.
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 United Provinces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dutch Republic United Provinces (Low Countries); Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, now the Netherlands.
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (India); now Uttar Pradesh.
United Provinces of South America or United Provinces of the River Plate, Argentina
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 Uttar Pradesh
The Province of Agra was originally the western-most British possession, after they expanded from Bengal, and thus was known as the North-West Province.
The North-West Province was renamed the Province of Agra and was merged in 1858 with the Province of Oudh, to form the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, known after 1902 as the United Provinces.
The state comprises the regions of Rohilkhand in the northwest, The Doab, or Brij (Braj) (Braj-bhoomi) in the southwest, Awadh (Oudh) (the historic country of Koshal) in the centre, the northern parts of Bagelkhand & Bundelkhand in the south, and the south-western part of the Bhojpur country, commonly called Purvanchal ("Eastern Province"), in the east.
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 1091-1092 (Nordisk familjebok. Uggleupplagan. 30. Tromsdalstind - Urakami)
1856 införlifvades Oudh därmed, ehuru som särskildt förvaltningsområde under en chief commissioner till 1877, då det helt förenades med Nordvästprovinserna, som 1902 fick namnet United provinces of Agra and Oudh, i samband med vissa administrativa förändringar inom prov.
Litt.: "Gazetteer of the United provinces" (2 bd, 1908), och Morison, "The industrial organization of an indian pro-vince" (1906).
United states of America, The [tho jönåVtid stéYts öv eme^ike],.eng., officiell förk.
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 United Provinces of Agra and Oudh - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about United Provinces of Agra and Oudh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Former province of British India, which formed the major part of the state of Uttar Pradesh.; see also Agra, Oudh.
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 UNITED PROVINCES OF AGR... - Online Information article about UNITED PROVINCES OF AGR...
traverse or skirt the plain of Oudh in converging courses —the Ganges, the Gumti, the Gogra and the Rapti.
Throughout the rest of the province of Agra, almost all of which was acquired between i8oi and 1803, temporary settlements are in force, usually for a See also:
In 1877 the offices of lieutenant-governor of the North-Western Provinces and chief commissioner of Oudh were combined in the same person; and in 1902, when the new name of United Provinces was introduced, the title of chief commissioner was dropped, though Oudh still retains some marks of its former See also:
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 SC judgment on Hindutva - Chapter 10 - The New Encyclopedia Britannica
Oudh gained a measure of independence early In the 18th century but became subordinate to the British East India Company in 1764.
In 1856 it was annexed by the British: the annexation and subsequent loss of rights by the hereditary land revenue receivers provided one of the causes of the Indian Mutiny in 1857.
Oudh was joined with the Agra Presidency in 1877 to form the North-Western Provinces and later the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, now Uttar Pradesh state.
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 Oudh on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
OUDH [Oudh], historic region of N central India, now part of the state of Uttar Pradesh.
It became (16th cent.) a province of the Mughal empire, and was subsequently governed by the nawabs of Oudh from their capitals of Faizabad (1724-75) and Lucknow (1775-1856).
The annexation (1856) of Oudh as a British province was a contributing cause of the Indian Mutiny (1857-58).
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 United Provinces on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
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 Uttar Pradesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
It is alsoone of the most economically backward states of India and the literacy rate, as is the case with the rest of India, is higher formales than females.
It covers the area of the old princely state of Oudh and the British Province of Agra.They were merged in 1858 to form the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, later known as United Provinces.
The statecomprises the regions of Rohilkhand in the northwest, Brij (Braj) in the southwest, Awadh (Oudh) in the centre, Bundelkhand inthe south and Purvachal in the east.
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 Oudh --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
It was taken by Muslim invaders in the 12th century, became part of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century, and was annexed by the British in 1856.
In 1877 it was joined with Agra to form the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
Oudh is the birthplace of the god Rama, and Dwarka is...
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 Encyclopedia: Awadh
Awadh (known to the British as Oudh) is a region in the northwest of the present Uttar Pradesh.
Those company troops who were recruited from the state, along with some of the nobility of the state, were major players in the events of 1857 including the Sepoy Rebellion.
It was anticipated that plunder and impoverishment of Awadh would follow the occupation, as had occurred in other regions occupied by the company.
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 United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
A province of the British Raj (British Raj: the british raj is an informal term for the period of british colonial rule of most of the...
[follow hyperlink for more...])) in 1858, after the defeat of the Begum of Oudh in the Revolt of 1857 (Revolt of 1857: the events of this period are known to indians as the first war of independence and the war...
The province was renamed United Provinces in 1902.
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 Uttar Pradesh
The British united Agra and Oudh into a province named the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
In 1996 August 15, Prime Minister Deve Gowda named the Garwal region Uttarkhand as a new state although it is yet to be formed.
There are two ethnographic groups who live there (Mongoloid peoples in the far north near the Tibet boundary and Aryan-Dravidian in the plains and the hill and plateau region of the central and southern region).
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 Oudh, historic region, India
It became (16th cent.) a province of the Mughal empire, and was subsequently governed by the nawabs of Oudh from their capitals of
The annexation (1856) of Oudh as a British province was a contributing cause of the
In 1877, Oudh was joined with the presidency of Agra to form the United Provinces, which subsequently became the Indian state of
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 Uttar Pradesh - The Jiggies Reference Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Only 5 countries of the world (the People's Republic of China, India, the United States, Indonesia and Brazil) have a higher population than Uttar Pradesh (see List of countries by population).
It covers the area of the old princely state of Oudh and the British Province of Agra.
They were merged in 1858 to form the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, later known as United Provinces.
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