How did a kingdom without a male heir become a part of British territory?
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When Dalhousie was the governer general from 1848 to 1856, he ceated a new policy that came to be knows as Doctrine of Lapse. The doctrine declared that if any Indian ruler died wothout a male hier, his kingdom would lapse, that is, become a part of the company territory.
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