• The doctrine of lapsation was a policy of annexation initiated by the East India Company in the Indian subcontinent for the princely states, and applied...
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    Company under the Doctrine of Lapse in 1853. Satara State – Abolished in 1848 by the East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse. Thanjavur – Annexed...
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    own heir. The doctrine of lapse was pursued most vigorously by the Governor-General Sir James Ramsay, 10th Earl (later 1st Marquess) of Dalhousie. Dalhousie...
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  • of wills Lapse rate, the rate that atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude Doctrine of lapse, an annexationist policy in British India The Lapse...
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  • The Doctrine of Lapse (1847): Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-General of India, introduced this policy, allowing the British to annex Indian princely states...
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    Sangolli Rayanna (category History of Karnataka)
    British East India Company (EIC) in response to the EIC's infamous Doctrine of Lapse in 1824, Rayanna continued to resist Company rule in India. After...
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    apply what was called the doctrine of lapse. Under the doctrine, the British annexed any non-British state where there was a lack of a proper male lineal heir...
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    Satara State (category History of Maharashtra)
    the fall of the Maratha Confederacy in 1818 following the Third Anglo-Maratha War, and annexed by the British in 1849 using the Doctrine of lapse. The state...
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    Oudh State (redirect from Kingdom of Oudh)
    annexation of Oudh by the Doctrine of Lapse, the North Western Provinces became the North Western Provinces and Oudh. Oudh Subah was one of the initial...
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    Dalhousie refused to recognize the claim of his adopted heir and annexed Jhansi under the Doctrine of Lapse. The Rani was unwilling to cede control and...
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    Nana Saheb Peshwa II (category Revolutionaries of the Indian Rebellion of 1857)
    Dalhousie's doctrine of lapse, he initiated a rebellion. He forced the British garrison in Kanpur to surrender and subsequently ordered the killing of the survivors...
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    applied the Doctrine of Lapse, rejecting Damodar Rao's claim to the throne and annexing the state to its territories. When she was informed of this, Rani...
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    state of Kitturu, Karnataka; fought against Doctrine of lapse Belawadi Mallamma Haleri Kings – of Madikeri Linga Rajendra II – Haleri king of Kodagu...
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    Rani of Maratha-ruled Jhansi, one of the principal leaders of the rebellion who earlier had lost her kingdom as a result of the Doctrine of Lapse. Bahadur...
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  • Rani of Maratha-ruled Jhansi, one of the principal leaders of the rebellion who earlier had lost her kingdom as a result of the Doctrine of Lapse. Anandibai...
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    Kittur Chennamma (category History of Karnataka)
    the new rule of the regent, and notified Kittur to accept the British control. This is seen as a predecessor of the later Doctrine of lapse Policy introduced...
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    suzerainty of British India from 1804 till 1853, when the British authorities took over the state under the terms of the Doctrine of Lapse, and renamed...
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    recurred to the doctrine of lapse when they decided to interfere in the internal matters of a princely state. Territorial evolution of the British Empire...
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  • imposed a "doctrine of lapse" of Indian leadership succession and the policy of "subsidiary alliance", both of which deprived many Indian rulers of their customary...
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    Gangadhar Rao (category Maharajas of Jhansi)
    India Company, under Governor-General Lord Dalhousie, applied the Doctrine of Lapse, rejecting Damodar Rao's claim to the throne and annexing the state...
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    British hands. In 1828, the Kachari kingdom was annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse after the king Govinda Chandra was killed. In 1832, the Khasi king...
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    Birjis Qadr (category Revolutionaries of the Indian Rebellion of 1857)
    1856 under the terms of the Doctrine of lapse and Oudh State was annexed into the Bengal Presidency. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Birjis Qadr was...
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    Presidency under the doctrine of lapse policy of Lord Dalhousie. Bhonsle was defeated in the battle of Sitabuldi and Holkar in the battle of Mahidpur. The northern...
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    had lost her kingdom as a result of the Doctrine of lapse. Bahadur Shah Zafar the last Mughal Emperor. Crowned Emperor of India by the rebels, he was deposed...
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    list of those ruling Rajput dynasties of the Indian Subcontinent: Kachhwahas of Jaipur, Alwar, Lawa, Kohra and Maihar Sisodias of Mewar Rathores of Jodhpur...
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    Brahmans occupy the highest ritual position among the four Varnas of Hinduism. Since the Late Vedic period the Brahmins, who were generally classified...
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    under the doctrine of lapse. The former kingdom was administered as Nagpur Province, under a commissioner appointed by then Governor-General of India, James...
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  • kingdom was annexed by the British East India Company as per the Doctrine of Lapse. While Vijaya Mohana Muktamba Bai, Shivaji II's eldest surviving naturally-born...
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    Instrument of Accession was a legal document first introduced by the Government of India Act 1935 and used in 1947 to enable each of the rulers of the princely...
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    Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan (category Nawabs of India)
    Company as per the Doctrine of Lapse. "Twelfth Nawab of the Carnatic: Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan (1825-1855)". The Royal House of Arcot. Archived from...
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