Colonial Rule: Expansion, Administration and Impact› European Arrival and Company Expansion
Consider the following Indian states: I. Awadh II. Jhansi III. Satara IV. Nagpur V. Sindh Which of the above states were annexed by the British due to the policy of Doctrine of Lapse?
Answer c.
Option c is correct. Jhansi, Satara and Nagpur were taken under the Doctrine of Lapse. Under the Doctrine of Lapse, Dalhousie annexed a state when its ruler died without a natural heir and the Company refused to accept an adopted son. Satara went in 1848, Jhansi in 1854 and Nagpur in 1854. Awadh was annexed in 1856 on the charge of misgovernment, not lapse. Sindh was conquered by force in 1843 under Charles Napier, in the Amirs' time.
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