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Modern Indian History UPPSC 1994 GS-I
Question

Avadh was annexed to British Empire in India by:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: By declaring the State as Maladministered

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “By declaring the State as Maladministered”.
Avadh was annexed to the British Empire through - by declaring the State as Maladministered .

This was a pretext used by the British under the guise of Lord Dalhousie's Doctrine of Lapse, even though it didn't technically fit the criteria of the doctrine.

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