who started doctrine of lapse and what is doctrine of lapse
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Doctrine of lapse was the policy of Dalhousie, the then Governor General, to annexed the independent Indian States in 1848 A.D. This doctrine was based on the idea that in case a ruler of dependent state died childless, the right of ruling over the State reverted or 'lapsed' to the sovereign.
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according to the policy , "if any indian ruler dies without children , their adopted children had no legal right over the throne" and such state gets merged with the British empire.
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