Question

Discuss about the special features of subsidiary Alliance and Annexation policy?l​

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subsidiary Alliance:-

Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley. It was an alliance between the princely states and the British East India Company in which the princely states were not allowed to have an independent armed force. They were to be protected by the East India Company but had to pay for the subsidiary forces.

Annexation policy:-

Dalhousie introduced the policy of annexation in order to crush the revolting kingdoms. The chief instrument through which Lord Dalhousie implemented his policy of annexation was the 'Doctrine of Lapse. ... Many states, including Satara in 1848 and Nagpur and Jhansi in 1854, were annexed by applying this doctrine.

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