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Lord Dalhousie adopted the policy of Lapse, war policy, mal-administration and discontinuing of titles and pensions to expand the British Empire. Which state did he annex in the British Empire under the allegation of mal- administration​

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Doctrine of Lapse' was the policy devised by the Governor General of the East India company in India. This doctrine was based on the idea that in case a ruler of dependent state died childless, the right of ruling over the state reverted or lapsed to the sovereign. Who among the following devised this 'Doctrine of Lapse'?