With the annexation of Oudh in 1856, this territory was extended and eventually became the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. |
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In 1854, Berar was annexed, and the state of Oudh was added two years later. |
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In Oudh alone, 150,000 Indians were estimated to have died during the war, with 100,000 of them being civilians. |
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In 1854 Berar was annexed, and the state of Oudh two years later. |
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In 1773, after Oudh ceded the tributary state of Benaras, the revenue collection system was extended to the territory with a Company Resident in charge. |
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The second group, the taluqdars, had lost half their landed estates to peasant farmers as a result of the land reforms that came in the wake of annexation of Oudh. |
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