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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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? 1. Awadh 2. Poona 3. Surat 4. Lahore
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At the time of its adoption, the British East India Company had imperial administrative jurisdiction over wide regions of the subcontinent. The company took over the princely states of Satara (1848), Jaitpur and Sambalpur(1849), Bhagat (1850), Udaipur (Chhattisgarh) (1852), Jhansi (1853), Nagpur (1854), Tore and Arcot (1855) under the terms of the doctrine of lapse...
[1] Oudh (1856) is widely believed to have been annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse. However it was annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the pretext of misgovernance. Mostly claiming that the ruler was not ruling properly, the Company added about four million pounds sterling to its annual revenue by virtue of this doctrine....
[2]Udaipur State, however, would have local rule reinstated by the British in 1860...