INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who among the following did not become a prey of Dalhousie’s policy of absorption?
A
Mysore
B
Nagpur
C
Scindia
D
Satara
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dalhousie also refused to recognize the titles of many ex-rulers or to pay their pensions.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The states annexed by the Doctrine of lapse were Satara Jaipur, Sambalpur, Udaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur. The Mysore was annexed by the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War where Tipu Sultan was defeated by the British Army.

Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance System.

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