Multiple choice general knowledge

Doctrine of lapse was started by?

  1. Dalhousie

  2. Wellesley

  3. William bentick

  4. Warren hasting
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Explanation

The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by Lord Dalhousie in 1848. It allowed the British East India Company to annex any princely state where the ruler died without a male heir. Wellesley introduced the Subsidiary Alliance, not Doctrine of Lapse.

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