INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The British paramountcy in India was completed in 1856 with (a) Annexation of Punjab.

Detailed explanation-2: -British annexation On 7 February 1856 by order of Lord Dalhousie, General of the East India Company, the king of Oudh (Wajid Ali Shah) was deposed, and its kingdom was annexed to the British East India Company under the terms of the Doctrine of lapse on the grounds of alleged internal misrule.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lord Dalhousie used the excuse of maladministration or misgovernance in the instance of Awadh, which was the British’s last annexation in India. This was done in accordance with the Doctrine of Lapse, which stated that the British would take over a kingdom if it was likewise ruled by misrule.

Detailed explanation-4: -British interest in Awadh began in the 1760s, and after 1800 they exercised increasing control there. It was annexed (as Oudh) by the British in 1856, an action that greatly angered Indians and which has been cited as a cause of the Indian Mutiny (1857–58), the largest Indian rebellion against British rule.

Detailed explanation-5: -Annexation of Oudh/Awadh On 7th February 1856, Lord Dalhousie ordered to depose Wajid Ali Shah on the account of alleged internal misrule. This was in line with Dalhousie’s Doctrine of Lapse, in which the British would take over a kingdom if there was misrule also. The Kingdom of Awadh was annexed in February 1856.