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Doctrine of lapse
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Features of Doctrine of Lapse
•According to this doctrine, any princely state under the direct or indirect (as a vassal) control of the East India...
•This was not introduced by Lord Dalhousie even though it was he who documented it and used it widely to acquire...
•As per this, any adopted son of the Indian ruler could not be proclaimed as heir to the kingdom. The adopted son would...
•The adopted son would also not be entitled to any pension that his father had been receiving or to any of his father’s...
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According to this policy, if an Indian ruler died without a male heir his kingdom would “lapse” and would become a part of the Company territory. Many kingdoms were annexed by using this doctrine, e.g. Satara (1848), Sambalpur (1850), Udaipur (1852), Nagpur (1853) and Jhansi (1854).