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class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indore_Residency" title="Indore Residency">Indore (Holkar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mysore_Residency" class="mw-redirect" title="Mysore Residency">Mysore (Maisur)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Residency" title="British Residency">Quilon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sikkim" title="Kingdom of Sikkim">Sikkim</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top:#dcf5dc 1px solid;"> Agencies</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagelkhand_Agency" title="Bagelkhand Agency">Bagelkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baluchistan_Agency" title="Baluchistan Agency">Baluchistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baroda_and_Gujarat_States_Agency" title="Baroda and Gujarat States Agency">Baroda and Gujarat States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baroda,_Western_India_and_Gujarat_States_Agency" title="Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency">Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhopawar_Agency" title="Bhopawar Agency">Bhopawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundelkhand_Agency" title="Bundelkhand Agency">Bundelkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_India_Agency" title="Central India Agency">Central India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deccan_States_Agency" title="Deccan States Agency">Deccan States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_States_Agency" title="Eastern States Agency">Eastern States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilgit_Agency" title="Gilgit Agency">Gilgit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwalior_Residency" title="Gwalior Residency">Gwalior Residency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaipur_Residency" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaipur Residency">Jaipur Residency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madras_States_Agency" title="Madras States Agency">Madras States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahi_Kantha_Agency" title="Mahi Kantha Agency">Mahi Kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malwa_Agency" title="Malwa Agency">Malwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mewar_Residency" title="Mewar Residency">Mewar (Udaipur) Residency</a> and Western Rajputana Agency</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-West_Frontier_States_Agency" title="North-West Frontier States Agency">North-West Frontier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palanpur_Agency" title="Palanpur Agency">Palanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_States_Agency" title="Punjab States Agency">Punjab States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajputana_Agency" title="Rajputana Agency">Rajputana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rewa_Kantha_Agency" title="Rewa Kantha Agency">Rewa Kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_India_States_Agency" title="Western India States Agency">Western India States</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top:#dcf5dc 1px solid;"> Lists</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_princely_states_of_British_India_(by_region)" title="List of princely states of British India (by region)">States by region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_princely_states_of_British_India_(alphabetical)" title="List of princely states of British India (alphabetical)">States by name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajput_dynasties_and_states" title="List of Rajput dynasties and states">Rajput States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maratha_dynasties_and_states" title="List of Maratha dynasties and states">Maratha States</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Princely_states_topics" title="Template:Princely states topics"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Princely_states_topics" title="Template talk:Princely states topics"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Princely_states_topics" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Princely states topics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>doctrine of lapsation</b> was a policy of <a href="/wiki/Annexation" title="Annexation">annexation</a> initiated by the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely states</a>, and applied until the year 1858, the year after <a href="/wiki/Company_rule_in_India" title="Company rule in India">Company rule</a> was succeeded by the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a> under the <a href="/wiki/British_Crown" class="mw-redirect" title="British Crown">British Crown</a>. </p><p>The policy was initiated by <a href="/wiki/James_Broun-Ramsay,_1st_Marquess_of_Dalhousie" title="James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie">James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie</a>. </p><p>Elements of the doctrine of lapse continued to be applied by the post-independence <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Indian government</a> to derecognise individual princely families until 1971, when the recognition of former ruling families was discontinued under the 26th amendment to the Indian constitution by the <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> government. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Doctrine">Doctrine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doctrine_of_lapse&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Doctrine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the doctrine, any Indian princely state under the <a href="/wiki/Suzerainty" title="Suzerainty">suzerainty</a> of the East India Company, the dominant imperial power in the Indian system of <a href="/wiki/Subsidiary_alliance" title="Subsidiary alliance">subsidiary alliances</a>, would have its princely status abolished, and therefore be annexed into directly ruled British India, if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir".<sup id="cite_ref-key_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-key-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This supplanted the long-established right of an Indian sovereign without an heir to choose a successor.<sup id="cite_ref-RCM_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RCM-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The policy is most commonly associated with <a href="/wiki/James_Andrew_Broun-Ramsay,_1st_Marquess_of_Dalhousie" class="mw-redirect" title="James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie">Dalhousie</a>, who was the East India Company's <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_India" title="Governor-General of India">Governor-General of India</a> of <a href="/wiki/Company_rule_in_India" title="Company rule in India">British India</a> between 1848 and 1856. However, the doctrine was articulated by the Court of Directors of the Company as early as 1834, and several smaller states had already been annexed under this doctrine before Dalhousie took over the post of Governor-General.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the use of the doctrine of lapse, the Company took over the princely states of <a href="/wiki/Satara_State" title="Satara State">Satara</a> (1848), <a href="/wiki/Jaitpur_State" title="Jaitpur State">Jaitpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sambalpur_State" title="Sambalpur State">Sambalpur</a> (1849), <a href="/wiki/Baghat" title="Baghat">Baghat</a> (1850), Udaipur (Chhattisgarh State) (1852), <a href="/wiki/Jhansi_State" title="Jhansi State">Jhansi</a> (1854), <a href="/wiki/Nagpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagpur State">Nagpur</a> (1854), <a href="/wiki/Thanjavur_Maratha_kingdom" title="Thanjavur Maratha kingdom">Tanjore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nawab_of_the_Carnatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawab of the Carnatic">Arcot</a> (1855). <a href="/wiki/Awadh_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Awadh State">Awadh</a> (1856) is widely believed to have been annexed under the doctrine, but in fact was annexed by Dalhousie under the pretext of mis-governance. Mostly claiming that the ruler was not ruling properly, the Company added about four million pounds sterling to its annual revenue by this doctrine.<sup id="cite_ref-wolpert_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wolpert-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Udaipur State would later have local princely rule reinstated in 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the increasing power of the East India Company, discontent simmered among many sections of Indian society, included <a href="/wiki/Military_discharge" title="Military discharge">disbanded</a> soldiers; these rallied behind the deposed dynasties during the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a>, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. Following the rebellion, in 1858, the new British <a href="/wiki/Viceroy" title="Viceroy">Viceroy</a> of India, whose rule replaced that of the East India Company, renounced the doctrine.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Doctrine_of_lapse_before_Dalhousie">Doctrine of lapse before Dalhousie</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doctrine_of_lapse&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Doctrine of lapse before Dalhousie"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dalhousie vigorously applied the lapse doctrine for annexing Indian princely states, but the policy was not solely his invention.<sup id="cite_ref-Sen_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sen-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The princely state of <a href="/wiki/Kittur" title="Kittur">Kittur</a>, ruled by <a href="/wiki/Kittur_Chennamma" title="Kittur Chennamma">Kittur Chennamma</a> (the queen at the time), was taken over by the East India Company in 1824, when after the death of her husband and son she adopted a new son and attempted to make him heir to the throne, which the British refused to accept. This development has similarities with the later 'doctrine of lapse', which the <a href="/wiki/List_of_East_India_Company_directors" title="List of East India Company directors">Court of Directors</a> of the East India Company articulated early in 1834.<sup id="cite_ref-Sen_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sen-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As per this policy, the Company annexed <a href="/wiki/Mandvi" title="Mandvi">Mandvi</a> in 1839, <a href="/wiki/Colaba_State" title="Colaba State">Colaba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jalaun_State" title="Jalaun State">Jalaun</a> in 1840, and <a href="/wiki/Surat" title="Surat">Surat</a> in 1842. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_impact_of_the_doctrine_of_lapse">The impact of the doctrine of lapse</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doctrine_of_lapse&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The impact of the doctrine of lapse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The doctrine of lapse was widely considered illegitimate by many Indians. By 1848, the British had immense power in India, since they were the <i>de facto</i> direct rulers of territories such as the <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Presidency" title="Bombay Presidency">Bombay</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal</a> Presidencies, <a href="/wiki/Assam_Province" title="Assam Province">Assam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mysore_district" title="Mysore district">Mysore</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Punjab_Province_(British_India)" title="Punjab Province (British India)">Punjab</a>, as well as the indirect rulers of princely states of <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patiala" title="Patiala">Patiala</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_Sultanate" title="Carnatic Sultanate">Carnatic</a>, and many others.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of the rulers of the remaining states which had not yet been annexed by the British were in a weak position against their mighty forces. Not willing to spend huge amounts of money and soldiers, the Indian rulers had little option but to give in to this policy. This caused increased resentment against the British Empire in India, and was one of the causes of the <a href="/wiki/Uprising_of_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="Uprising of 1857">Uprising of 1857</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Princely_states_annexed_under_the_doctrine">Princely states annexed under the doctrine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doctrine_of_lapse&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Princely states annexed under the doctrine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Princely state </th> <th>Year annexed </th></tr> <tr> <td>Angul </td> <td>1848 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arcot_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcot State">Arcot</a> </td> <td>1855 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Awadh_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Awadh State">Awadh</a> </td> <td>1856 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Assam" title="Colonial Assam">Assam</a> </td> <td>1838 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Banda_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Banda State">Banda State</a> </td> <td>1858 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guler_State" title="Guler State">Guler</a> </td> <td>1813 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jaintia State </td> <td>1803 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaitpur_State" title="Jaitpur State">Jaitpur</a> </td> <td>1849 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jalaun_State" title="Jalaun State">Jalaun</a> </td> <td>1840 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaswan_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaswan State">Jaswan</a> </td> <td>1849 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhansi_State" title="Jhansi State">Jhansi</a> </td> <td>1853 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kachari_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kachari kingdom">Kachar</a> </td> <td>1830 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kangra_State" title="Kangra State">Kangra</a> </td> <td>1846 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kannanur State </td> <td>1819 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kittur" title="Kittur">Kittur</a> </td> <td>1824 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballabhgarh" title="Ballabhgarh">Ballabhgarh</a> </td> <td>1858 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kullu State </td> <td>1846 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurnool" title="Kurnool">Kurnool</a> </td> <td>1839 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kutlehar_State" title="Kutlehar State">Kutlehar</a> </td> <td>1825 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nagpur </td> <td>1853 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikh_Empire" title="Sikh Empire">Punjab</a> </td> <td>1849 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ramgarh State </td> <td>1858 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sambalpur_State" title="Sambalpur State">Sambalpur</a> </td> <td>1849 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Satara_State" title="Satara State">Satara</a> </td> <td>1848 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Surat" title="Surat">Surat</a> </td> <td>1842 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Siba_State" title="Siba State">Siba</a> </td> <td>1849 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thanjavur_Maratha_kingdom" title="Thanjavur Maratha kingdom">Tanjore</a> </td> <td>1855 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulsipur_State" title="Tulsipur State">Tulsipur</a> </td> <td>1854 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Udaipur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Udaipur State">Udaipur</a> </td> <td>1852 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_independent_India">In independent India</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doctrine_of_lapse&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In independent India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In late 1964, Maharaja Rajendra Prakash of Sirmur, the last recognized former ruler of <a href="/wiki/Sirmur_State" title="Sirmur State">Sirmur State</a>, died without either leaving male issue or adopting an heir before his death, although his senior widow subsequently adopted her daughter's son as the successor to the family headship. The Indian government, however, decided that in consequence of the ruler's death, the constitutional status of the family had lapsed. The doctrine of lapse was likewise invoked the following year when the last recognized ruler of <a href="/wiki/Akkalkot_State" title="Akkalkot State">Akkalkot State</a> died in similar circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-succession_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-succession-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doctrine_of_lapse&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Escheat" title="Escheat">Escheat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_princely_states_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of princely states of India">List of princely states of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidencies_and_provinces_of_British_India" title="Presidencies and provinces of British India">Presidencies and provinces of British India</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doctrine_of_lapse&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-key-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-key_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/John_Keay" title="John Keay">Keay, John</a>. <i>India: A History</i>. 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title="Kangra State">Kangra</a> (1846)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanika_State&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kanika State (page does not exist)">Kanika</a> (1805)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kannanur_State&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kannanur State (page does not exist)">Kannanur</a> (1819)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kittur_State&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kittur State (page does not exist)">Kittur</a> (1824)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodagu_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Kodagu State">Kodagu</a> (1834)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kolaba_State&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kolaba State (page does not exist)">Kolaba (Colaba)</a> (1840)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozhikode_State&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kozhikode State (page does not exist)">Kozhikode</a> (1806)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kullu_State&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kullu State (page does not exist)">Kullu</a> (1846)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulpahar#History" title="Kulpahar">Kulpahar</a> (1858)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurnool_State" title="Kurnool State">Kurnool</a> (1839)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutlehar_State" title="Kutlehar State">Kutlehar</a> (1825)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makrai_State" title="Makrai State">Makrai</a> (1890-1893)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagpur_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagpur kingdom">Nagpur</a> (1854)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nargund_State&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nargund State (page does not exist)">Nargund</a> (1858)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nurpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Nurpur State">Nurpur</a> (1849)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oudh_State" title="Oudh State">Oudh (Awadh)</a> (1854)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramgarh_State&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ramgarh State (page does not exist)">Ramgarh</a> (1858)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikh_Empire" title="Sikh Empire">Punjab</a> 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