Dalhousie adopted Doctrine of Lapse policy whereby the adopted **** of Indian Kings were refused of their right to throne. According to this policy, “If any Indian ruler without ****, their adopted **** had no legal right over the throne”. And such state gets merged with the British Empire. Princely states like Satara, Nagpur, Sambalpur, Udaipur, Jhansi, Jaipur came under this policy. As the Governor General knew the conditions of these states, he used this policy as a political **.
