ડોક્ટ્રીન ઓફ લેપ્સની નીતિ કોણે ઘડી હતી?

Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General from 1848 to 1856, applied the Doctrine of Lapse: a princely state whose ruler died without a natural heir would be annexed by the British. Satara, Jhansi and Nagpur were annexed this way.