The prominent places which were affected by the Doctrine of Lapse were ____________.
The prominent places which were affected by the Doctrine of Lapse were ____________.
The correct option is C Satara, Jaitpur, Samabalpur, Udaipur and Nagpur.
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy
purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor
General for the British in India between 1848 and 1856.
According to the Doctrine, any princely state or territory under the
direct influence (paramountcy) of the British East India Company, as a
vassal state under the British Subsidiary System, would automatically be
annexed if the ruler was either “manifestly incompetent or died without a
direct male heir”. The Company added about four million pounds sterling to its
annual revenue by use of this doctrine.
The company
took over the princely states of Satara (1848), Jaipur &Sambalpur (1849)
and Nagpur & Jhansi (1854) using this Doctrine.
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the British in India between 1848 and 1856. According to the Doctrine, any princely state or territory under the direct influence (paramountcy) of the British East India Company, as a vassal state under the British Subsidiary System, would automatically be annexed if the ruler was either “manifestly incompetent or died without a direct male heir”. The Company added about four million pounds sterling to its annual revenue by use of this doctrine.
The company took over the princely states of Satara (1848), Jaipur &Sambalpur (1849) and Nagpur & Jhansi (1854) using this Doctrine.
