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Question
Name two ways in which the British expanded their territorial power in India.
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Solution
The ways in which the British expanded their territorial power in India are:
- By outright wars.
- By the system of the subsidiary alliance.
- By adopting the doctrine of lapse.
- On the pretext of alleged misrule.
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