8 min
"The Doctrine of Lapse" Expansion of British company in Bharat
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- History
Lord Dalhousie was the governor general from 1848 to 1856 he devised a policy that came to be known as the doctrine of lapse. according to him the Doctrine declared that if an Indian ruler died without a male child his Kingdom would lapse that is become fat a company territory
Lord Dalhousie was the governor general from 1848 to 1856 he devised a policy that came to be known as the doctrine of lapse. according to him the Doctrine declared that if an Indian ruler died without a male child his Kingdom would lapse that is become fat a company territory
8 min