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The British accepted Rani Lakshmi Bai's wish to make her adopted son the heir to the throne.

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The above statement is false.
The British did not accept Rani Lakshmi Bai's wish to make her adopted son the heir to the throne. Rani Lakshmi Bai wanted the company to recognize her adopted son as the heir to the throne. But, the British did not accept it on the grounds that it is her adopted son. According to British policy of doctrine of lapse, only the biological son of the King can inherit the state and throne. In reality, it was an instrument used by the British to expand and annex the territory.

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