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Oudh State, an Uncommon card
The Oudh State was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a British protectorate in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British East India Company in 1856.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 75,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Oudh State quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Oudh State card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The name Oudh, now obsolete, was once the ______ name of the state, also written historically as Oudhe.
Answer
anglicized. The name Oudh, now obsolete, was once the anglicized name of the state, also written historically as Oudhe. From the Oudh State article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Oudh State was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a British protectorate in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British East India Company in ____.
Answer
1850s. The Oudh State was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a British protectorate in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British East India Company in 1856. From the Oudh State article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sam Billings. Sam Billings 79 · Ty Lawson 73 · Oudh State 69 · Wenceslaus III of Bohemia 65 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The name Oudh, now obsolete, was once the anglicized name of the state, also written historically as Oudhe.
- As the Mughal Empire declined and decentralized, local governors in Oudh began asserting greater autonomy, and eventually Oudh matured into an independent polity governing the fertile lands of the Central and Lower Doab.
- The capital of Oudh was in Faizabad, but the company's Political Agents, officially known as "Residents", had their seat in Lucknow.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Oudh State article was read about 75,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Oudh State
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Oudh State (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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