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The provided text is an extensive Wikipedia article detailing the history, government, and culture of the Oudh State, also known as the Kingdom of Awadh, which existed in North India from 1732 to 1856. The article chronicles its transformation from a Mughal province that gained independence during the empire's decline into a powerful state. It particularly focuses on the increasing British contact and control, noting how a series of treaties and demands for subsidies gradually reduced Oudh's autonomy, making it a buffer state and later a British protectorate. Ultimately, the British East India Company annexed the state in 1856 using the Doctrine of Lapse, which contributed to the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The text also includes a detailed breakdown of the state's rulers (Nawabs) and the British Residents appointed to the court, alongside information on its demographics, Shia-dominant culture, and subsequent merger into the North-Western Provinces.