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The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856. Under the policy, if a Indian king died without leaving a son as direct heir, then that kingdom would be annexed by the East India Company.
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Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy devised by Lord Dalhousie, as he was the governor general that time(1848-1856). According to the policy, if the ruler of a kingdom died childless, or without having his naturally own child as the direct heir of the throne, that kingdom would be annexed by/ lapsed to the British East India Company.
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