Question

Describe any Three characteristic of merger policy adopted by Lord dalhousie

Answer 1

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Characteristics of merger policy adopted by Lord dalhousie:-

● Lord dalhousie arrived in India as the Governor-General in 1848. He implemented his policy of annexation as the 'Doctrine of Lapse'.Under this Doctrine, when the ruler of a protected state died without having a natural heir, his state was not supposed to be transferred to the adopted heir.

●Till then this was actually the age-old tradition of the country. But under the new regime, such states were to be amalgamated into the British empire. eg. Jhansi, Satara, Nagpur were annexed in the British empire.

●Contrary to age Old Hindu and Islamic it denied adopted children the right to inherit The throne, Satara (1848), Sambalpur (1849), Udaipur (1852), Nagpur (1853) and Jhansi (1854 ) were all annexed under this policy.