How did the doctrine of lapse affect the Indian rulers
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According to the Doctrine of Lapse designed by Lord Dalhousie, if an Indian ruler died without a male successor, the kingdom would end and hence would come under the control of the Company. Many kingdoms were occupied by the Company by implementing this doctrine
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Dalhousie applied the doctrine of lapse vigorously for annexing Indian princely states, but the policy was not solely his invention. The Court of Directors of the East India Company had articulated this early in 1834. As per this policy, the Company annexed Mandvi in 1839, Kolaba and Jalaun in 1840 and Surat in 1842.
The Doctrine of Lapse was finally abandoned by the Raj in 1859, and the tradition of adopting a successor was again recognized. The following sections deal with a few individual princely states and their adopted rulers: 1. Satara.
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Many indian states lost their territory and became british terrirtories. This led to a lot of unrest among the indian princes . A lot of people were unhappy about this because many of them were feared to work under the british colonoals. Most of all the kindoms do not have male heirs , so they would try to please the british offials by offering them some deals
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