Awadh

Awadh ), known in British historical texts as Oudh or Oude, is a region in the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and a small area of Nepal's Province 5, which was before Indian independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. The inhabitants are referred to as Awadhis.It was established as one of the twelve original subahs (top-level imperial provinces) under 16th-century Mughal emperor Akbar and became a hereditary tributary polity around 1722 AD, with Faizabad as its initial capital and Saadat Ali Khan as its first Subadar Nawab and progenitor of a dynasty of Nawabs of Awadh (often styled Nawab Wazir al-Mamalik). The traditional capital of Awadh had originally been Faizabad, but it was later moved to Lucknow, also the station of the British Resident, which still serves as the present-day capital of Uttar Pradesh. Nepalgunj was an administrative region, which serves as the present-day capital of Province No. 5 of Nepal.