GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Lord Hastings
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William Bentinck
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Lord Dalhousie
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Lord Canning
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Detailed explanation-1: -doctrine of lapse, in Indian history, formula devised by Lord Dalhousie, governor-general of India (1848–56), to deal with questions of succession to Hindu Indian states.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Doctrine of Lapse was a strategy for annexation developed by Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-General of India, between 1848 and 1856.
Detailed explanation-3: -By the use of the doctrine of lapse, the Company took over the princely states of Satara (1848), Jaitpur, Sambalpur (1849), Baghat (1850), Udaipur (Chhattisgarh State) (1852), Jhansi (1854), Nagpur (1854), Tanjore and Arcot (1855).
Detailed explanation-4: -Lord Dalhousie adopted the Doctrine of Lapse, a formula devised to deal with questions of succession to Hindu Indian states.