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Q39 (CDS-I/2008) History & Culture › Modern India (Pre-1857) › British annexation policies Answer Verified

What was the reason or ground for the British Empire to annex Sambalpur in 1850?

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The British Empire annexed Sambalpur in 1850 under the 'Doctrine of Lapse' policy, which was aggressively implemented by Lord Dalhousie during his tenure as Governor-General (1848–1856) [2]. This doctrine declared that if an Indian ruler of a dependent princely state died without a natural male heir, the kingdom would 'lapse' and become part of the British East India Company's territory. In the case of Sambalpur, the ruler Narayan Singh died in 1849 without a direct male successor, leading to its formal annexation in 1850 [t2]. While other states like Awadh were annexed on grounds of misgovernment, Sambalpur specifically fell due to the absence of a legitimate heir. This policy ignored traditional adoption rights, causing significant resentment among Indian royalty and contributing to the eventual 1857 uprising [2][t1].

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  1. [2] https://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/hess202.pdf
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