Question

............ was the Governor General who annexed the princely states.

Answer 1

Lord Dalhousie was the Governor General who annexed the princely states. The doctrine of lapse was the annexation policy which was applied by Lord Dalhousie in India before 1858.

According to doctrine, any of the Indian princely state which is under the British East India Company which was as the vassal state in the British system.

The policy was the most associated with Lord Dalhousie who was the Governor General who annexed the princely status.