Question

explain the doctarine of subsidiary alliance.

Answer 1

It describes the tributary alliance between native state and French india

Answer 2

Hey there!

Subsidiary Alliance System:

- The Subsidiary Alliance system of doctrine was introduced by Lord Richard Wellesley from 1798 to 1805.

According to it:

♦   Any Indian ruler accepting the subsidiary alliance with East India Company had to keep the British Army within their territory and was supposed to pay for its maintenance.  

♦ In lieu of the payments, some of the states territory was ceded to the British.

♦ The ruler accepting it was forced to keep a British official at the court called 'Resident'.

♦ The states brought under British control by this system included Hyderabad,  Gwalior, Indore, Jaipur, Jodhpur , Oudh.

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