Question

what was doctrine of lapse???Explain.​

Answer 1

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DOCTRINE OF LAPSE :

>> British East India Company applied a anexation policiy..which is called as THE DOCTRINE OF LAPSE

>> I was Applied until..1858 in India.

>> The Policy was mainly associated with..Governer General of East India Company

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Answer 2

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The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by (actually the doctrine of lapse was a policy of the British East India Company under which if the ruler of a princely state or territory under the paramountcy of the Company died without a natural heir, the state/territory would automatically be annexed to the British Empire.

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