HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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The State, from among the following, Which was not annexed by the ‘doctrine of lapse’ is
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Baghat
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Gwalior
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Sambalpur
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Satara
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Awadh was not annexed under Doctrine of Lapse.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Annexation in the absence of a natural or adopted heir was enforced in the cases of Satara (1848), Jaitpur and Sambalpur (1849), Baghat (1850), Chota Udaipur (1852), Jhansi (1853), and Nagpur (1854).
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