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  1. 1813 to 1830
  2. 1723 to 1734
  3. 1848 to 1856
  4. 1757 to 1810
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Option 3 : 1848 to 1856

The correct answer is 1848 to 1856.

  • Lord Dalhousie:
    • James Andrew Brown-Ramsay also known as Lord Dalhousie.
    • He served as governor-general of India from 1848-1856.
    • James Outram was made the British Resident of Awadh in place of Sleeman.
    • He said that the administration of Awadh is very corrupt and the condition of the people is very contemplative.
    • Outram's report was the basis for the annexation of Awadh.
    • Lord Dalhousie annexed the Nawab of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah on February 13, 1856, accusing him of misrule.
    • Apart from Awadh, under the principle of Doctrine of Lapse, the merged territories- Satara (1848), Jaitpur and Sambalpur (1849), Udaipur (1852), Jhansi (1853), Nagpur (1854), and Karauli (1855).
    • The first attempt towards railway construction in India was made by Lord Dalhousie in 1853 AD.
    • It was laid between Bombay to Thane at the time of Dalhousie.
    • The last expansion of British Indian territory took place during Dalhousie.
    • During his tenure, for the first time, a separate public Works Department was created.
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