Question

5. What was the Doctrine of Lapse?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy applied by the British East India Company in India until 1859. ... The latter supplanted the long-established right of an Indian sovereign without an heir to choose a successor. In addition, the British decided whether potential rulers were competent enough.

Answer 2

Answer:

Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy devised by Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-general of India between 1848 and 1856

According to this Doctrine:-

-The rulers of Indian princely states, territories under Subsidiary Alliance with the British and those without a natural heir to the throne, had to take permission from the British to adopt and heir.

-The British had the right to sanction, or refuse to recognise, such an adoption

-The territories of rulers, who were without a male heir, were annexed if that adoption was not sanctioned.

-This took away the long-established right of an Indian ruler, without an heir, to choose or adopt a successor. The Company annexed the princely states of Satara (1848), Jaitpur, Sambalpur (1849), Nagpur, Jhansi (1854), and Awadh (Oudh) (1856) using this Doctrine.

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