Question

Write a short note on the Political Causes that led to the war.

Answer 1

Explanation:

List and explain

• Annexation policies
  • Subsidiary Alliance
  • Doctrine of Lapse
• Disrespect towards native rulers
  • Mughals
  • Peshwa
  • Rani Lakshmibai
• Unpopular administration
• Misutilisation of resources

Answer:

Annexation policies

• The Subsidiary Alliance and Doctrine of Lapse were used to annex territories.
• The Company introduced policies and annexed lands of those who could not produce title deeds of their lands.

Disrespect towards native rulers

• Dalhousie during his Governor-Generalship announced that the successors of the Mughal Emperor must leave the Imperial palace of the Red Fort.
• Governor-General Canning denied the successors permission to use the title of ‘Emperor’.
• The Company’s refusal to recognise Rani Lakshmibai’s adopted son as her heir
• The Company’s refusal to acknowledge Nana Saheb as the ruler and terminated his pension.

Unpopular administration

• Intervention of the Company in the administration
• Mistreatment meted out to native rulers