Question

What is the rule of doctrine of lapse?​

Answer 1

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According to the doctrine, any Indian princely state under the suzerainty of the British East India Company (the dominant imperial power in the Indian subsidiary system), would have its princely status abolished (and therefore be annexed into British India) if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died .

Answer 2

☞ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴄᴛʀɪɴᴇ ᴏғ ʟᴀᴘsᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴀɴ ᴀɴɴᴇxᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘᴏʟɪᴄʏ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴅᴇʟʏ ʙʏ ʟᴏʀᴅ ᴅᴀʟʜᴏᴜsɪᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ɪɴᴅɪᴀ’s ɢᴏᴠᴇʀɴᴏʀ-ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ ғʀᴏᴍ 1848 ᴛᴏ 1856. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴀɴ ᴀᴅᴍɪɴɪsᴛʀᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴘᴏʟɪᴄʏ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxᴛᴇɴsɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ʙʀɪᴛɪsʜ ᴘᴀʀᴀᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴄʏ.

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