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The state of Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in Indian through

  1. The Policy of Doctrine of Lapse

  2. The Policy of Subsidiary Alliance

  3. Mayo’s Provincial Settlement

  4. War against Gangadhar Rao
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Jhansi was annexed by the British East India Company in 1853 under the Doctrine of Lapse after the death of Raja Gangadhar Rao without a male heir. This policy allowed the British to annex any princely state where the ruler died without a natural male heir.

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