The uprising of 1857 administered a violent shaking to the British rule in India. As its aftermath, there was a veering round to the view that the safety of the British rule was enhanced and not decreased by the maintenance of the Native Royalities. The view that the Native Stats had served as "break-waters to the storm" also proved weighty. The British Government abjured the desire of territorial extension. It renounced the doctrine of lapse and ...
