Lord Dalhousie efficiently made the plan and accused “Nawab of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah for maladministration and merged his state in British Empire on February 13, 1856. He sent his officer to inquire the ground reality who sent him a detailed report regarding maladministration. He sent that report to London to obtain the permission to merge the Awadh. Lord Dalhousie (1848-56) merged Satara in 1848, Jaitpur and Sambalpur in 1849, Bhagat in 1850, Udaipur in 1852, Jhansi in 1853, Karauli in 1855 and Nagpur in 1854 under the principle of Doctrine of Lapse . ....Read more