Question

explain these line
The British policies of conquest created
unrest among Indian rulers and chiefs. The
policies of Subsidiary Alliance and Doctrine
of Lapse deprived them of their power and
status.
The annexation of Awadh in 1856, on
grounds of maladministration, deeply hurt
the sentiments of the Company's sepoys, as most of them came from this state​

Answer 1

Answer:

An Indian ruler entering into a subsidiary alliance with the British had to accept British forces in his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance. Such a ruler would not form an alliance with any other power, nor would he declare war against any power without the permission of the British.