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Explain the causes for the success of the English in India.
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Solution
- The succession in the Carnatic war by the British made them powerful at the end of the third Carnatic war. French dominance came to an end.
- The British introduced the Subsidiary Alliance to bring the princely states under their control by Lord Wellesley.
- The Doctrine of Lapse adopted by Lord Dalhousie to extend the empire. Through this policy, the kingdoms where its rulers have adopted sons would go to the paramount power of the British.
- Thus it caused the success of the English in India.
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