Arrange the following states chronologically as annexed under the policy of the Doctrine of Lapse-
(A) Satara
(B) Sambalpur
(C) Udaipur
(D) Nagpur
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B), (C), (D)
Under the Doctrine of Lapse of Lord Dalhousie (Governor-General 1848-1856), a dependent state whose ruler died without a natural heir passed to the East India Company; an adopted son could not inherit it. The states were annexed in this order:
(A) Satara — 1848, the first state taken under the doctrine
(B) Sambalpur — 1849
(C) Udaipur (the small state in present Chhattisgarh) — 1852
(D) Nagpur — 1854, in the same year as Jhansi