Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. For example, Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi wanted the Company to recognise her adopted son as the heir to the kingdom after the death of her husband.

B. Since the mid-eighteenth century, nawabs and rajas had seen their power erode.

C. Many ruling families tried to negotiate with the Company to protect their interests.

D. They had gradually lost their authority and honour.