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Awadh
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thumb|250px|Lal Bagh entrance in Faizabad, Municipal Corporation of Ayodhya, as depicted in Gate of the Loll-Baug at Fyzabad by Thomas and William Daniell, 1801* (BL). Awadh (), known in British Raj historical texts as Avadh or Oudh, is a historical region in northern India, now constituting the central portion of Uttar Pradesh. It is roughly synonymous with the ancient Kosala region of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain scriptures.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Awadh
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Region
- Settlement.image_map
- Awadhi language.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Continent
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Asia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Covering territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Lucknow division Ayodhya division Prayagraj division Kanpur division (partly) Mirzapur division (partly)
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Languages
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Awadhi, Hindi and Urdu
- Settlement.blank1_name_sec1
- Largest Cities
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 68006
- Settlement.population_total
- 55119236
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical region
- Part of
- Uttar Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Uttar Pradesh
- Elevation
- 100
- Image
- Gulab Bari.jpg
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- Commons category
- Awadh
- topic's main category
- Category:Awadh
- inception
- 1732-01-01
- different from
- Oudh State
- described by source
- National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1856-00-00
Sources (3)
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Article · Italiano
Awadh (Hindi/Awadhi: अवध, in urdu: اودھ, Awadh), conosciuta in vari testi storici anglosassoni come Oudh, o Oude, è una regione al centro del moderno Stato indiano dell'Uttar Pradesh che prima dell'indipendenza era chiamato dall'amministrazione britannica Province unite di Agra e Oudh. La capitale tradizionale dello stato di Awadh fu Faizabad, ma successivamente la capitale venne spostata a Lucknow, che è attualmente la capitale dello stato Uttar Pradesh. L'Awadh geograficamente include i distretti di Ambedkar Nagar, Bahraich, Balrampur, Barabanki, Faizabad, Gonda, Hardoi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lucknow, Pratapgarh, Raebareli, Shravasti, Sitapur, Sultanpur, e Unnao. Nella regione si parla la lingua Awadhi, parlata specialmente dagli , da parlanti Hindi e Urdu. Anticamente la regione fu unita sotto il regno Indù di Kosala con Ayodhya come capitale.Fino al 1819 Awadh fu una provincia dell'Impero Moghul amministrata dai locali Nawwāb. Tra il XVIII e il XIX secolo chi governò questa regione assunse il titolo di Nawwāb di Awadh.
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