Examine how Lord Dalhousie’s policy of annexation created diss

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Examine how Lord Dalhousie’s policy of annexation created dissatisfaction amongst the people of Awadh. 


Lord Dalhousie’s policy of annexation:

i. Imposition of Subsidiary Alliance reduced the powers of the Nawab. Soon after the Nawab was dethroned by the British and exiled on the basis of misgovernment. Many people followed the Nawab when he left Lucknow

ii. Dissolution of the court and its culture led many people to lost their livelihood. There was widespread sense of grief and loss

iii. The sepoys of the British army who came from Awadh carried over their grievances to the sepoy lines

iv. The new land revenue system introduced by the British imposed high taxes and was unpopular. The dissatisfaction resulted in a popular revolt. 

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Read the following passage and answer the question that follows :

Every citizen in a free state should be treated in a manner that satisfied not only his material wants but also his spiritual sense of the self respect and the majority community has an obligation to try and understand the problems of the minorities and empathise with their aspiration.

How could a citizen of a free nation express his imbibed values of equality and social justice while dealing with the members of the minority community ? Explain.

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