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Lord Dalhousie was the Governor General of India in the year 1846-56.
Dal Lord Dalhousie Introduces the Doctrine of Lapse policy which enables him to annex vast territory of India, like- Jhansi, Satara, Nagpur, etc.
⇒ Lord Dalhousie declared that after the death of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the emperor & successor would leave the royal palace, i.e. the Red Fort.
Lord Later Lord Canning, the next Governor General after the Lord Dalhousie announcement in 1856 A.D. That Bahadur Shah's successor was not even allowed to use the title of a king '. Similarly, the regal title of Nawabs of Carnatic and Nawabs of Tanjore were abolished. Such discourtesies were resented by the people & the Indian Rulers.
Become This became one of the major political cause of the Revolt of 1857.
Lord Dalhousie & Lord Canning Annex these states because of the following reasons-
1) Exp To Expand the British Empire
2) → To rule over India for a Longer Time or to Keep Themselves in Power.
3) → To further exploits & carry it wealth to England
Answer:
Lord Dalhousie device policy that came to be known as doctrine of lapse the doctrine of lapse that if Andrew Indian ruler died without a mail higher his in his kingdom would labs that is become part of the companies territory one kingdom after another was annexed simply by applying the doctrine of lapse
for example :
1)Satara in 1848
2) sambalpur in 1850
3)udaipur in 1852
4) nagpur in 1853 and Jhansi 1854