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For administrative purposes British India was subdivided into the following units:
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Main administrative units
Political units
While British India did administratively not include the princely states, which remained nominally outside the British Raj,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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