Lord Dalhousie ‘s Doctrine of Lapse
Had a better meaning,
Than the corrupt solicitors straps.
Which has a leaning,
On illiterate caps.
Dalhousie annexed states princely
Whose rulers had no natural heir,
To hold absolute supremacy happily,
Over most Indian regions fair,
In a state of regency.
The cantankerous lawyer’s dictum,
Is a most serpentine ploy
As it decimates the wholesome,
To a negative coy,
Of a depleted awesome.
The doctrine evoked ,
A widespread disgruntlement,
And the Indians got provoked,
Which led to the Freedom Movement,
By which the British rule got revoked.
The solicitor’s evil design,
Stimulated an indignant intrigue,
Which was impregnated with a sign,
Of avenging technique,
Which connotes a fury fine
Dalhousie’s ill-fated policy,
Brought to an embroil
The century long British supremacy,
Over the Indian soil.,
To an ashamed delinquency.
The impish solicitor’s incorrigible ruse ,
Will cause a marked debacle,
On him and on his clients profuse
Dragging them over a dirty ramshackle,
Of a shoddy abuse.
He , who swore by the Bible,
Behaves like a bohemian,
As he takes lot of trouble,
To depict as unethical barbarian.
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