Lord Dalhousie (1848- 1856)

Annexation of Punjab (1849)
Annexation of Lower Bhurma or Pegu .Second Anglo- Burmese war.
Annexation of Sikkim in 1850.
In 1853 a new treaty was forced on the Nizam of Hyderabad compelling him to cede Berar to Company.
Doctrine of Lapse: Satara 1848, Jaitpur 1849, Sambhalpur 1849, Baghat 1850, Udaipur1852, Jhansi1853, Nagpur 1854.
In 1856 Oudh was annexed on the pretext of misgovernment.
Bengal was placed under the charge of Lt Governor.
For newly acquired territories he introduced a system of centralized control known as Non-regulation system.
Headquarters of Bengal Artillery was shifted from Calcutta to Meerut and gradually shifted to Shimla in 1865.
A new irregular force was created in Punjab.
Charles Wood the President of the Board of Control headed the committee known as Wood’s dispatch in education.
The first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane was laid in 1853.
Dalhousie was regarded as father of the electric telegraph in India.O’Shanghnessy was appointed the superintendent of the telegraph dept in 1852.Telegraph line became operational between Calcutta to Agra.
In 1853 recruitment of the Covenanted Civil Service by competitive examination.
A new post office act was passed in 1854.Possage stamps were issued for the first time.
Public works dept was introduced. Ganges canal was introduced.
IN 1855 Santhal insurrection took place. Abolition of the title of the nawab of the Carnatic.
Widow Remarriage Act passed in 1856.