Read this essay about Doctrine of Lapse ! Doctrine of lapse was the policy of Dalhousie, the then Governor General, to annexed the independent Indian States in 1848 A.D. This doctrine was based on the idea that in case a ruler of dependent state died childless, the right of ruling over the State reverted or 'lapsed' to the sovereign. This [...]
Read this article to learn about the Economic Drain during British Rule in India! Drain theory was the core of nationalist critique of colonialism and the acknowledge high-priest of this critique was Dadabhai Naoroji who, as early as 1867, put forward the idea that Britain was draining and bleeding India and that, too, for nothing. R.C. Dutt made this theme [...]
Read this article to learn about the administration of the East India Company and Crown during the British rule in India! Evolution of Central and Provincial Structure Under the East India Company: Regulating Act of 1773: i. The Act provided that the Court of Director hitherto elected every year, was henceforth to be elected for four years. The number of [...]
