Who started the policy of Doctrine of Lapse in India ........

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Who started the policy of Doctrine of Lapse in India?

Lord Wellesley

Warren Hastings

William Bentinck

Lord Dalhousie

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Explanation:

Fourth option is correct.
The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856. The latter supplanted the long-established right of an Indian sovereign without an heir to choose a successor.