Consider the annexation of the following states under 'Doctrine of Lapse' and arrange them into chronological order : 1.Satara 2. Jhansi 3.Baghat 4. Udaipur Select the correct answer from the codes give below : Codes :

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1, 3, 4, 2. Lord Dalhousie ,Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856, devised a policy that came to be known as the Doctrine of Lapse. The Policy declared that if an Indian ruler died without a male heir his kingdom would lapse that is become part of Company territory. One kingdom after another was annexed simply by applying this doctrine: States Year of annexation by British Satara 1848 Jaitpur 1849 Sambalpur 1849 Baghat 1850 Udaipur 1852 Jhansi 1853 Nagpur 1854 Awadh 1856

Consider the annexation of the following states under 'Doctrine of Lapse' and arrange them into chronological order : 1.Satara 2. Jhansi 3.Baghat 4. Udaipur Select the correct answer from the codes give below : Codes :

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