Question

what do you mean by doctrine of lapse

Answer 1

The final wave of annexationd occured under LORD DALHOUDIE who was the governer general from 1848 to 1856.He devised a policy that came to be known as doctrine of lapse.
The foctrine declared that if an indian ruler died without a male heir his kingdom would "LAPSE"that is become part of company territory.one after one kingfom were annexed like this.
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Answer 2

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Doctrine of lapse :

• Doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy started by British under East India Company that says that any kingdom in the absence of its natural heir would ultimately go into the British hands .

• It was put forward by Lord Dalhousie that first was implemented in princely state of Satara in 1848 and was protested by the Indian kings.

• Many kingdoms like Satara , Sambhalpur , Nagpur , Jhansi , Udaipur, etc were annexed under this policy

• Doctrine of Lapse finally came to an end in 1859 after widespread retaliation.