Lord Dalhousie applied the Doctrine of Lapse on many Indian states and this has been seen as one of the important cause of the Mutiny of 1857. One of the important states annexed according to this Doctrine was

Answer & Explanation

Answer: [D]

The correct answer is Nagpur. In practice this meant the rejection of last-minute adoptions and British annexation of states without a direct natural or adopted heir, because Dalhousie believed that Western rule was preferable to Eastern and to be enforced where possible. Annexation in the absence of a natural or adopted heir was enforced in the cases of Satara (1848), Jaitpur and Sambalpur (1849), Baghat (1850), Chota Udaipur (1852), Jhansi (1853), and Nagpur (1854).