Question

False II. State if the following sentences 1. The Doctrine of Lapse was formulated in 1834. 2. Warren Hastings became the Governor-General of India in 1772. 3. Lord Wellesley is associated with the policy of Subsidiary Alliance. False 4. In 1799, Tipu Sultan defeated the British. The 5. Awadh was annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse. True III. Answer the following questions in short: What is the Doctrine of Lapse? 2. What is the Subsidiary Alliance? 3. What led to the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War? State its consequences. 4. When was the third Anglo-Maratha war, which proved a total disaster for the Ma 5. Who was the British Governor-General of India when Punjab was annexed to th IV. Answer the following questions in detail: 1. Explain the expansion of British powers in India. 2. What were the main features of the Subsidiary Alliance system introduced by W 3. Explain the Anglo-Mararatha wars. 4. Explain the relations of the English with Mysore. 5. What were causes of the defeat of the Indian states?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

• True
• False,Warren Hastings became the governor General of India in 1773.
• Yes it was associated with Lord wellesly as he framed the policy
• True
• True

Answer the questions

• The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by Lord Dalhousie in 1852 by which British annexed any local state whose ruler died without any son, no ruler was allowed to adopt son. Sitara, Jhansi, Nagpur and Oudh states were captured by British under this doctrine.
• Subsidiary Alliance was a system of land revenue introduced by Lord Wellesley in 1798. All the local rulers had to accept following terms and conditions who entered into such an alliance with the British: (i) The ally would have to keep a British armed contingent in his territory.
• The primary cause of the fourth Anglo-Mysore War was the ambition of Wellesley to destroy the state of Mysore for once and all. ... When Wellesley was assured of the neutrality of the Nizam and the Marathas, he declared war against Tipu in 1799. Within two months, Tipu was killed and his capital was occupied
• On November 1817
• In 1849 the East India Company defeated the Sikh Empire and annexed the Punjab region. The Governor-General of India, Lord Dalhousie implemented a three-member Board of Administration to govern the province. The Board of Administration was abolished in 1853 and replaced by the office of Chief Commission