లాప్స్ సిద్ధాంతం యొక్క విధానాన్ని ఎవరు రూపొందించారు?

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.