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2. Pondicherry (Puducherry) was the headquarter of the
Company
3. The Subsidiary Alliance Treaty was signed by Peshwa Baji Rao II in
4.
of Punjab had cordial relation with the English.
5. Doctrine of Lapse policy was introduced by​

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Explanation:

1.The doctrine of subsidiary alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley. Under the subsidiary alliance system, the ruler of the allying Indian State was compelled to accept the permanent stationing of a British force within his territory and to pay a subsidy for its maintenance.The Subsidiary Alliance System was “Non-Intervention Policy” used by Lord Wellesley who was the Governor-General (1798-1805) to establish British Empire in India. According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army.

2.Doctrine of lapse. Doctrine of lapse, in Indian history, formula devised by Lord Dalhousie, governor-general of India (1848–56), to deal with questions of succession to Hindu Indian states.Doctrine of lapse was the pro-imperialist approach to expand the realm of British Kingdom in India. It was introduced by Dalhousie. The Doctrine equipped with an idea to annex those states which have no heir, get lapsed the right of ruling and it will not reverted by adoption.

3.The Governor-General of India was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the Indian head of state. The office was created in 1773, with the title of ‘Governor-general of the Presidency of Fort William’.

The first governor-general in India was Warren Hastings.Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972) became the only Indian and last governor-general after independence.

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