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Consider the following statements about British expansion in India:
1. The Doctrine of Lapse was applied extensively by Lord Dalhousie.
2. Satara was one of the states annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1. The Doctrine of Lapse was applied extensively by Lord Dalhousie.
2. Satara was one of the states annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A. 1 only
- B. 2 only
- C. Both 1 and 2
- D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2
Both statements are correct. Dalhousie, Governor-General from 1848 to 1856, annexed states whose rulers died without natural male heirs, and Satara in 1848 was the first such annexation, followed by Jhansi and Nagpur. Attributing the doctrine to Wellesley, who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance, would be the common trap.
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