Question

Define:
a. Subsidiary Alliance

b. Claim of paramountcy

c. Doctrine of lapse.

Answer 1

Answer:

a.The Subsidiary Alliance System was “Non-Intervention Policy” used by Lord Wellesley who was the Governor-General (1798-1805) to establish British Empire in India. According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army.

b.The Claim to Paramountcy was a British policy which was introduced in India by British East India Company under Lord Hastings, the First Governor General of British India. Under this policy, the Company claimed that its authority is 'Paramount' or ' Supreme', hence its power was greater than that of Indian States.

c.The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy applied by the British East India Company in India until 1859.

Explanation:

Answer 2

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