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Oratorical completion

Topic suggested: ‘’If you were an adopted child of Nawab, how would you be affected by the Doctrine of Lapse introduced by the British’’.


If I was an adopted child of Nawab, I would be negatively affected by the Doctrine of Lapse introduced by the British.

According to the Doctrine of Lapse, if a ruler dies and he does not have any son, his state would now be a property of the British. The adopted son would only be the heir of his personal property. This step is only undertaken to ensure the British’s empire is expanded. It takes away all my rights to make a ruler and has made me further dependent on the Britishers. I also do not have any right on the state or any pension.


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