Q. The ruler of which one of the following states was removed by East Indian Company on the pretext of misgovernance?

A
Awadh
B
Jhansi
C
Nagpur
D
Satara
Solution:

Nawab was Wajid Ali Shah. He was removed due to misgovernance as he had children and couldn’t
be annexed by ‘Doctrine of Lapse’. He had immense local support.

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