GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Lord Wellesley
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Lord Auckland
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Lord Dalhousie
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Warren Hastings
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Detailed explanation-1: -It came in 1798 when Lord Wellesley was the Governor-General.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lord Dalhousie who was the Governor-general of India from 1848-1856 devised a policy that came to be known as “Doctrine of Lapse". This policy declared that if an Indian ruler died without a male heir, his kingdom would be lapsed and would become part of Company territory.
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: -The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy extensively applied by East India Company in India until 1859. The doctrine stated that any princely state under the vassalage of the company will how its territory annexed should the ruler of the said state fail to produce an heir.