Question

Explains the meaning of
1)Subsidiary Alliance
2)Doctrine of lapse
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Answer 1

Answer:

A subsidiary alliance, in South Asian history, was a tributary alliance between an Indian state and a European East India Company. ... In a Subsidiary Alliance, princely rulers were forbidden from making any negotiations and treaty with any other Indian ruler without first making inquiries to Company officials.

The doctrine of lapse was a policy of annexation initiated by the East India Company in the Indian subcontinent about the princely states, and applied until 1859, two years after Company rule was succeeded by the British Raj.

Answer 2

Explanation:

1.SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCE:

i. According to the subsidiary alliance, Indian rulers were not allowed to

have their independent armed forces.

ii. If the Indian rulers failed to make payments, either the whole or a part

of the territory was annexed by the British as penalty.

iii. If the Indian rulers agreed to all the conditions, then the EEIC

promised to protect them from external and internal dangers.

2.DOCTRINE OF LAPSE:

i. The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy devised by Lord

Dalhousie.

ii.The rulers of the Indian princely states without a natural heir to the

throne had to take permission from the British to adopt an heir.

iii. The British reserved the right to sanction or refuse to recognise such an

adoption.

iv. The territory of the rulers without a male heir was annexed if the

adoption was not sanctioned by the British.

v. The company annexed the princely states of Satara, Sambalpur, Udaipur,

Nagpur and Jhansi.