Question

hiii guys ❤❤❤❤❤pls tell what is doctrine of laps??​

Answer 1

Doctrine of lapse is a policy launched by Lord Dalhousie in which if the king doesn't have a male heir then the kingdom will be taken by the east India company.

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Answer 2

The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy applied by the British East India Company in India until 1858. According to the doctrine, any Indian princely state under the suzerainty of the British East India Company (the dominant imperial power in the subcontinent), as a vassal state under the British subsidiary system, would have its princely status abolished (and therefore annexed into British India) if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir The latter supplanted the long-established right of an Indian sovereign without an heir to choose a successor.[citation needed] In addition, the British decided whether potential rulers were competent enough. The doctrine and its application were widely regarded by many Indians as illegitimate.