Multiple Choice Questions

Jhansi was annexed by the British under the Doctrine of Lapse in ........

General Studeis (IB) History

Jhansi was annexed by the British, under the Doctrine of Lapse, in :

1855

1854

1853

1858

Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie as per which any princely state or territory under the British East India Company would automatically be annexed if the ruler died without a male heir. States annexed under this policy were: The States of Satara (1848 AD); Jaipur (1849 AD); Sambhalpur (1849 AD); Bahat (1850 A.D); Udaipur (1852 AD); Jhansi (1853 AD); Nagpur (1854 AD) and Oudh (1856).