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a biography about lord Wellesley and relationship with english policies​

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Lord Wellesley (as Governor General) came to India in 1798 at a time when the British were locked in a life and death struggle with France all over the world.

Lord Wellesley

Lord Wellesley decided that the time was ripe for bringing as many Indian states as possible under British control.

By 1797, the two strongest Indian powers, Mysore and the Marathas, had declined in power.

The Third Anglo-Mysore war had reduced Mysore to a mere shadow of its recent greatness and the Marathas were dissipating their strength in mutual intrigues and wars.

Political conditions in India were propitious for a policy of (British) expansion: aggression was easy as well as profitable.

Administrative Plans of Wellesley

To achieve his political aims, Wellesley relied on three methods i.e.

The system of Subsidiary Alliances;

Outright wars; and

Assumptions of the territories of previously subordinated rulers.

The doctrine of subsidiary alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley.

Under the subsidiary alliance system, the ruler of the allying Indian State was compelled to accept the permanent stationing of a British force within his territory and to pay a subsidy for its maintenance.

Subsidiary Alliance

In reality, by signing a Subsidiary Alliance, an India state virtually signed away−

Its independence;

The right of self-defense;

Maintaining the diplomatic relations;

Employing foreign experts; and

Settling its disputes with its neighbors.