Question

Which of the following statement is not true about "Doctrine of Lapse"?

• A. It was started by Lord Dalhousie
• B. It was in operations between $1848$ and $1856$
• C. Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
• D. Satara, Jaipur, Jhasi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule

Answer 1

The correct option is C Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule

Nagpur was not the first state annexed under"Doctrine of Lapse"rule. Satara was the first state annexed under this rule. The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy applied by the British East India Company in India until 1859. According to the doctrine, any Indian princely state under the suzerainty (relationship with or under policy with) of the British East India Company, as a vassal state under the British subsidiary system, would have its princely status abolished if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir".