British administration in Awadh

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British colonial rule in India colonial administration

The British administration in Awadh was the colonial governing authority established by the British after deposing the last Nawab, Wajid Ali Shah, and annexing the region into their Indian empire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British annexation of Awadh	2
British administration in Awadh canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial rule in India ⓘ colonial administration ⓘ
administrativeLanguage	Hindi ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
affected	nobility of Awadh ⓘ peasantry of Awadh ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialEntity	Oudh ⓘ surface form: Awadh Oudh ⓘ
capital	Lucknow ⓘ
caused	agrarian unrest ⓘ discontent among taluqdars ⓘ
colonialPower	British Empire ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	Indian rupee ⓘ
educationPolicy	promotion of English education ⓘ
endEvent	Indian independence movement ⓘ surface form: Indian independence
endTime	1947 ⓘ
establishedBy	British East India Company ⓘ surface form: East India Company
governedBy	Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces
historicalRegion	present-day Uttar Pradesh, India ⓘ
implementedBy	Indian Civil Service ⓘ surface form: British Indian Civil Service district collectors ⓘ
introducedInstitution	British-style courts ⓘ district administration ⓘ police force ⓘ
introducedPolicy	land revenue settlements ⓘ permanent bureaucracy ⓘ talukdari settlement ⓘ
laterAdministeredBy	British Crown ⓘ
legalSystem	British colonial law in India ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British India ⓘ United Provinces of Agra and Oudh ⓘ surface form: North-Western Provinces and Oudh United Provinces of Agra and Oudh ⓘ
policyGoal	political control ⓘ revenue maximization ⓘ suppression of rebellion ⓘ
religiousPolicy	officially neutral but intrusive in traditional institutions ⓘ
replaced	Oudh ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Awadh rule of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah ⓘ
significantEvent	Siege of Lucknow ⓘ participation of Awadh in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
startEvent	annexation of Awadh by the British ⓘ deposition of Wajid Ali Shah ⓘ
startTime	1856 ⓘ

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Subject: British administration in Awadh
Description of subject: The British administration in Awadh was the colonial governing authority established by the British after deposing the last Nawab, Wajid Ali Shah, and annexing the region into their Indian empire.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wajid Ali Shah → successor → British administration in Awadh ⓘ

Shatranj Ke Khilari → depictsEvent → British administration in Awadh ⓘ

this entity surface form: British annexation of Awadh

King of Oudh → successor → British administration in Awadh ⓘ

subject surface form: Wajid Ali Shah

this entity surface form: British annexation of Awadh