Lord Dalhousie introduced the doctrine of lapse policy. According to this policy if there was no any successor of princely state ruled by British company, thas state was acquired by British company. Some major states were acquired by this policy are following-
1- Satara 1848
2- Nagpur 1854
3- Jhasi 1853
4- Udaipur 1852
5- Baghat 1850
6- Sambhalpur 1849
7- Jaipur 1849
8- Awadh 1856