For administrative purposes, British India was divided into the following administrative divisions: While British India did administratively not include the princely states, which remained nominally outside the British Raj,[1] under the administration of their own rulers, the relationship of the British with these states was managed by: Still, the British authorities recurred to the doctrine of lapse when they decided to interfere in the internal matters of a princely state.
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