how did the doctrine of lapse support the expansion of British empire in India
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Lord Dalhousie came to India as the Governor General of the East India Company in 1848. His period of Governor Generalship witnessed the stupendous growth of British Empire at the cost of army of the Indian states.
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Dalhousie who arrived in India as the governor general in 1848vmade an attempt to integrate Indian princely states with the British empire.
he adopted doctrine of lapse policy where bythe adopted children of Indian kings were refused of their right to throne .
According to this policy "If any Indian ruler died childless his adopted children had no legal right over the throne ".
Such state merged with the British empire.
Princely states like satara, nagpur, sambalpur,udaipur, jaitpur,jhansi came under this policy.
As the governor general knew the conditions of these states, he used this policy as a political weapon.