The administration rested on four pillars-the civil service, the army, the police and the judiciary.
The Company drafted administrative policies to govern the conquered territories
ey expanded British influence through
Many Indian rulers accepted British supremacy
• The British annexed Sindh, Punjab and Awadh in 1843, 1849 and 1856 respectively.
• Lord Dalhousie annexed many kingdoms under the Doctrine of Lapse.
Warren Hastings and Lord Cornwallis shaped the working of these agencies.
ao 1600
c. 1700
Time to Learn
A. Tick (/) the correct answers.
1. In 1600
Queen Elizabeth gave a charter to the English East India Company.
b. 1500
d. 1599
2. This nawab of Bengal asked the English East India Company to remove all its fortifications in Calcutta.
a. Murshid Quli Khan b. Siraj-ud-Daulah
c. Alivardi Khan
d. Shuja-ud-Din
3. The British victory at
led Shah Alam Il to grant the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar
and Odisha to the English East India Company.
a. Buxar
b. Plassey
c. Seringapatam
d. Panipat
4. This Governor-General introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance.
Robert Clive
b. Warren Hastings c. Lord Wellesley
d. Lord Dalhousie
a.
Answers
Answer:
The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy applied by the British East India Company in India until 1859. According to the doctrine, any Indian princely state under the suzerainty of the British East India Company (the dominant imperial power in the subcontinent), as a vassal state under the British subsidiary system, would have its princely status abolished (and therefore be annexed into British India) if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir".[1]The latter supplanted the long-established right of an Indian sovereign without an heir to choose a successor.[citation needed] In addition, the British decided whether potential rulers were competent enough. The doctrine and its applications were widely regarded by many Indians as illegitimate.
The policy is most commonly associated with Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General of the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856. However, it was articulated by the Court of Directors of the East India Company as early as 1847 and several smaller states had already been annexed under this doctrine before Dalhousie took over the post of Governor-General.[citation needed] Dalhousie used the policy most vigorously and extensively, though, so it is generally associated with him.