Q. Avadh was annexed into the British East India territories on which ground?
Answer: Alleged misgovernment
Notes: The kingdom of Oudh was the only great Indian state whose ruler Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was dispossessed on the ground of “intolerable misgovernment”. Awadh was annexed in February 1856 via a proclamation.

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