Lord John Lawrence Policy of Mastely Inactivity (jan 12, 1864 – jan 12, 1869)

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- Bhutan War (1864–1865) (The British defeated an undefended Bhutan and annexed Assam and Bengal Duars)
- Establishment of Shimla as India's summer capital (1864)
- Establishment of Allahabad High Court (1866)
- The Famine Commission was constituted (1867) under Henry Campbell due to the Orissa famine of 1866
- The Tenancy Act was passed in Punjab and Oudh (1868)

Policy of Masterly Inactivity on Afghan:
- No interference in internal policy even after death of Dost Mohammed
- Peace at frontier is not disturbed
- No civil war candidate seek any foreign state's help
- Sher Ali succeeded Dost Mohammed

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