Question

Explain the system of Subsidiary Alliance? (Any Three)​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The Subsidiary Alliance System was “Non-Intervention Policy” used by Lord Wellesley who was the Governor-General (1798-1805) to establish the British Empire in India.

2. The allies of Indian state's ruler were compelled to accept the permanent garrison of British Army within their territories and to pay a subsidy for its maintenance.

3. The Indian ruler could not employ any European in their service without prior approval of British.

Answer 2

Subsidiary alliance system

Explanation:

1. British as a supreme power: Whichever state needed to sign this pact, it had to just accept English because of the arbiter. The archipelago Company behaved as a district of that state.
2. Appointment of Resident: The state placed an English resident in its court, to envision the activities of the king.
3. Keeping an English Army: Indian rulers weren't allowed to possess their army to guard the state against external and internal invasions. The state had to keep up an English army. The state had connected the money burden of the military.
4. Giving territory: If the Indian rulers did not pay, a region of their territories was taken as a penalty.