Question : Lord Hastings initiated the ______ where the East India Company claimed that its authority was supreme and hence its power was greater than that of Indian states.
Option 1: Government's Stores Policy
Option 2: Policy of ‘Paramountcy’
Option 3: Imperial Policy
Option 4: Doctrine of Lapse
Correct Answer: Policy of ‘Paramountcy’
Solution : The correct answer is the Policy of ‘Paramountcy’
Lord Hastings, serving as the Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823, introduced a significant policy known as 'paramountcy.' Under this policy, the East India Company asserted its authority as paramount or supreme, asserting that its power surpassed that of Indian states. This stance enabled the Company to justify its intervention and control over princely states, consolidating British dominance during this period of colonial rule in India.
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