What do I write about the Doctrine of Lapse in the project of Rani Lakshmi Bai
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Doctrine of Lapse
According to this, any princely state that was under the direct or indirect control of the East India Company where the ruler did not have a legal male heir would be annexed by the company.
As per this, any adopted son of the Indian ruler could not be proclaimed as heir to the kingdom.
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according to the policy of doctrine of lapse which we started by lord Dalhousie stated that if a ruler of a dependant state died without a natural higher his Kingdom will be annexed by the company that is the British company .Jhansi came under this policy as Rani Lakshmi Bai did not had her own son she had it adopted son so british company annexed Jhansi on the ground of doctrine of lapse.
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