Awadh

Awadh (Awadhi, Hindi: अवध, Urdu: اودھ‎ pronunciation) is a region in the centre of the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Also known in various British historical texts as Oudh or Oude derived from Ayodhya, it was established around 1722 AD with Faizabad as its capital and Sadat Ali Khan as its first Nawab and progenitor of Nawabs of Awadh. The traditional capital of Awadh has been Faizabad and later Lucknow the capital of the modern day Uttar Pradesh.