Know More About Annexation of State

Annexation Of State is the process of conquering territory by another territory or state outside its domain.  According to international law, Annexation means forcibly conquering a state by one another with the help of soldiers and military power. Annexation is a unilateral act where one territory is seized by the other based on guns and military power. Annexation can be justified if determined by other states and international organ bodies. There are various examples of Annexation of states and territories. For instance, In the year 1938, Nazi Germany had annexed Austria made it part of their country. 

Annexation Of State 

Annexation Of State was the general process of having Control over a territory through some kind of physical power. As per the rules of the international law, Annexation process means the enforcement of  forcible control over a state by another state with help of soldiers and military, physical  power. Annexation is a unilateral act where one territory can seize the other one with the means of  guns and military power. Annexation could be justified or considered legit only  if they are determined as legit  by other states and international organ bodies. There are various examples of Annexation of states and territories. For instance, In the year 1938,  Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany and they made it part of their country.  From the time 1938 to 1945 Austria has not considered an independent country in contrast it was part of Germany throughout this time. At the end of World War II, the United Nations termed force annexation with help of military power would be considered as an illegal offense. Therefore 2014 Russian Crimea annexation was to be considered a big deal. Texas was an independent republic but later added to America because a lot of Americans stayed in the lands of Texas-based on the voting system it was annexed under the United States. 

Doctrine of Lapse 

The policy of annexation or doctrine of lapse was put to use by Lord Dalhousie, who was the first governor-general of the East India company. The doctrine of lapse was the policy of annexation started by the English  east India company before the independence of India period in the Indian subcontinent majorly in princely states.   According to the Doctrine of Lapse, any ruler of any region with no son needed to ask the Britishers whether they can adopt one or not for a succession of their empire. With this, the policy also stated that the adopted son can only possess the properties of the stepfather but won’t have any rights over the state or region. 

Conclusion 

This article was a complete brief on the policy named annexation of state. Annexation of state is another vicious policy just like the doctrine of lapse which is definitely a concept of Britishers. Annexation of state was a policy that stated Control over a territory by another territory through some kind of military, guns or Physical powers. For example, Nazi Germany enforced Control over Austria with the help of their soldiers and military power and made Austria a part of Nazi Germany in the year 1938. Annexation of state is a process which can be considered as legit or justified only if it is recognized by some International organs like the UN and if the international organs consider the Control as legit and justified. .Along with this the article also talked about the process of doctrine of lapse.