meaning of Subsidiary Alliances in history
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it was introduced by British in India.
it's a policy under which Indian rulers were not allowed to train thier own army.
they were forced to use British army which was very costly and if the rulers were unable to pay the revenue for this, then a part of their territory was taken as compensation.
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Subsidiary Alliance System:
- The Subsidiary Alliance system of doctrine was introduced by Lord Richard Wellesley from 1798 to 1805.
According to it:
♦ Any Indian ruler accepting the subsidiary alliance with East India Company had to keep the British Army within their territory and was supposed to pay for its maintenance.
♦ In lieu of the payments, some of the states territory was ceded to the British.
♦ The ruler accepting it was forced to keep a British official at the court called 'Resident'.
♦ The states brought under British control by this system included Hyderabad, Gwalior, Indore, Jaipur, Jodhpur , Oudh.
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