Current Affairs Prelims Question

Auckland, who came to India as the Governor-General in 1836, advocated a forward policy. This implied that the Company government in India itself had to take initiatives to protect the boundary of the British India from a probable Russian attack.
This objective was to be achieved either through treaty with the neighbouring countries or by annexing them completely.
John Lawrence (1864-1869) started a policy of masterly inactivity, which was a reaction to the disasters of the First Afghan War and an outcome of practical common sense and an intimate knowledge of the frontier problem and of Afghan passion for independence.
Lawrence’s policy rested on the fulfilment of two conditions—(i) that the peace at the frontier was not disturbed, and (ii) that no candidate in civil war sought foreign help.

Auckland, who came to India as the Governor-General in 1836, advocated a forward policy. This implied that the Company government in India itself had to take initiatives to protect the boundary of the British India from a probable Russian attack.
This objective was to be achieved either through treaty with the neighbouring countries or by annexing them completely.
John Lawrence (1864-1869) started a policy of masterly inactivity, which was a reaction to the disasters of the First Afghan War and an outcome of practical common sense and an intimate knowledge of the frontier problem and of Afghan passion for independence.
Lawrence’s policy rested on the fulfilment of two conditions—(i) that the peace at the frontier was not disturbed, and (ii) that no candidate in civil war sought foreign help.

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