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Also, the 19th and 34th Bengal Native Infantry were stationed at Lucknow during the time of annexation of Oudh because of alleged misgovernment by the Nawab, on February 7, 1856.

The annexation had another implication for sepoys in the Bengal Army ( a significant portion of whom came from that princely state ).

Before the annexation, these sepoys had the right to petition the British Resident at Lucknow for justice — a significant privilege in the context of native courts.

As a result of the annexation, they lost that right, since that state no longer existed.

Moreover, this action was seen by the residents of the state as an affront to their honour, the annexation being done in violation of an existing treaty.