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Assertion (A):
The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced under Lord Dalhousie.
Reason (R):
Many native states lost their suzerainty under Doctrine of Lapse and the deposed leaders led the rebels in their region
The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced under Lord Dalhousie.
Reason (R):
Many native states lost their suzerainty under Doctrine of Lapse and the deposed leaders led the rebels in their region
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie. According to Hindu law, an individual or a ruler without natural heirs could adopt a person who would then have all the personal and political rights of a son.
Dalhousie asserted the paramount power’s right of approving such adoptions and of acting at discretion in their absence in the case of dependent states.
Annexation in the absence of a natural or adopted heir was enforced in the cases of
Satara (1848),
Jaitpur and Sambalpur (1849),
Baghat (1850),
Chota Udaipur (1852),
Jhansi (1853), and
Nagpur (1854)
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Answer: (b)
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie. According to Hindu law, an individual or a ruler without natural heirs could adopt a person who would then have all the personal and political rights of a son.
Dalhousie asserted the paramount power’s right of approving such adoptions and of acting at discretion in their absence in the case of dependent states.
Annexation in the absence of a natural or adopted heir was enforced in the cases of
Satara (1848),
Jaitpur and Sambalpur (1849),
Baghat (1850),
Chota Udaipur (1852),
Jhansi (1853), and
Nagpur (1854)
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