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explain the system of subsidiary Alliance short answer

Answer 1

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In 1798, Lord Wellesly can to India as the Governor General. It was his policy (the subsidiary alliance) to bring the whole India under the British control. With this end in view, he entered into treaties of subsidiary alliance with many Indian rulers.The conditions of subsidiary alliance were:                                         1. The Indian rulers were given the assurance of the British military assistance only under certain conditions.                         2. The rulers had to keep the British military force in their respective areas.                                                                           3. They also had to pay in cash or cede a part of their territories giving that much revenue to the Company towards the maintenance of the force.                                                      4. Also, they could have political relations with other powers only through the mediation of British.                                         5. They had to maintain a British resident ( or political agent) in their courts.                                                                                       Plz mark as brainliest

Answer 2

We can explain the system of Subsidiary Alliance under the following heads.

• Lord Wellesley was the Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805 A.D.
• To establish the British Empire in India, Lord Wellesley introduced the Subsidiary Alliance in India.
• It was an alliance that the Britishers imposed on the Indian rulers to take control of their military and foreign affairs system.
• According to this alliance, the Indian rulers entering into the Subsidiary Alliance with the British had to dissolve their 'own' army and accept the British 'army' in their territory.
• By allying with the Indian states, the British would protect those Indian states from internal revolts and foreign attacks.
• The British assured their non-interference in the internal affairs of those Indian states allying, but this seldom happened. The supportive proof is that it was compulsory to keep a British Resident in the courts of the Indian rulers.
• Indian states allying with the British neither could sign an alliance with any other foreign power nor employ foreign nationals of the origin other than the British in their courts.
• Even the Indian states allying with the British could not enter into any political treaty with other Indian states without the British authority.
• In a nutshell, the British used the system of Subsidiary Alliance to strengthen its position in India, aiming to take control over all the Indian states in the name of the alliance.

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