Original sentence: The province of Awadh (anglicized to Oudh) was annexed by the British rulers of India, and in the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Lucknow was one of the cities besieged by the rebel forces, and was relieved by British troops after a long resistance by the defenders
Edited sentence: The province of Awadh (anglicized to Oudh) was annexed by the British rulers of India, and in the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Lucknow was one of the cities besieged by the rebel forces, and was relieved by British troops after a long and heroic resistance by the defenders