HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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States were allowed to adopt a son as an heir.
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States were not allowed to adopt a son as an heir.
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According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army.
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The doctrine stipulated that if an Indian ruler died without a male heir, his kingdom would “lapse” and automatically become part of the East India Company’s territories. The doctrine was also applied in cases where the ruler was judged to be “unfit” to rule.
Detailed explanation-3: -One notable British technique was called the doctrine of lapse, first perpetrated by Lord Dalhousie in the late 1840s. It involved the British prohibiting a Hindu ruler without a natural heir from adopting a successor and, after the ruler died or abdicated, annexing his land.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Governor General Lord Dalhousie introduced a new policy, known as the Doctrine of Lapse. According to this policy, if the king did not have any natural born heir then the kingdom would lapse to the British or would be administered and occupied by the British.