laAnswer the following in a sentence each:1I. 'Doctrine of Lapse' Suported the British to expand their Empire in India' How.II.

laAnswer the following in a sentence each:1I. 'Doctrine of Lapse' Supo

1.	laAnswer the following in a sentence each:1I. 'Doctrine of Lapse' Suported the British to expand their Empire in India' How.II.
Answer» Devised by Lord Dalhousie, The Doctrine of lapse stated that anyprincely stateor territory under the direct influence (paramountacy) of theBritish East India Company(the dominantimperialpower in thesubcontinent), as avassal stateunder the British subsidiary system, would automatically be annexed if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir"Therefore all the states whose ruler died without a natural heir were annexed by the British. Hence the Doctrine of Lapse was were helpful in expansion of the British Empire and the states were easily annexed due to it. For Example: Jhansi, Nagpur, Surat.... etc. Were annexed by the British using Doctrine Of Lapse.