Site Name: Peint
Date: 1951 CE
Subject: Prior to the Indian Mutiny, the British annexed Jhansi and many other states for "failure of heirs" under the policy of lapse. By 1858 following the "mutiny", they stated that they had no intention of extending their territories. They recognized the right of adoption in many states by issuing more than 140 sanads of adoption. However, when the Begum of Peint (whom they had installed) died in 1878, the state "lapsed" and was incorporated into British India. [Court Fees ]