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  1. Apr 2018
    1. Awadh

      Awadh, also called Oudh, is a historic region of northern India, now constituting the northeastern portion of Uttar Pradesh state. It was annexed to Oudh by the British in 1856, which angered the Indians and was a base cause of the Indian Mutiny (1857–58), the largest Indian rebellion against British rule

    2. Nawabs of Awadh

      a title that was given to the rulers of the Indian princely state of Awadh or Oudh. They were a clan of rulers that came from Persia in the early 18th century.

    3. Emperor Akbar

      The third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. He established a centralized system of administration and adopted a policy of conciliating conquered rulers through marriage and diplomacy

    4. Central Asian Mughals

      Also known as the Mughals, this Muslim dynasty of Turkic-Mongol origin that ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid-18th century. The Mughal dynasty was notable for its more than two centuries of effective rule over much of India, and an attempt to integrate Hindus and Muslims into a united Indian state.

  2. Mar 2018
    1. Skejetoninthecupboard.

      Another term for "skeleton in the closet" meaning to have an embarrassing or unpleasant secret about something that happened in the past