Nawab of Awadh
State · 1727–1802 CE · at its largest around 1794 CE
The state of the Nawabs of Awadh in northern India, ruling from Faizabad and later Lucknow, which grew dependent on the British East India Company and was annexed in 1856.
On its lands while it lasted
- Battle of Buxar (1764 CE): The East India Company defeated the combined forces of the Mughal emperor and the Nawabs of Bengal and Awadh.
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