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1. Write the terms of Subsidiary Alliance and Doctrine of Lapse
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Answer:
Subsidiary Alliance means that the British promise a particular king that his territory will be secured by the British soldiers. But the king also have to promise the British that they will not trade with any other country and all the decision about the king's territory will be taken by the British.
Doctrine of Lapse means if a king naturally without any son his territory will be undertaken by the British.
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Terms of subsidiary alliance
It was compulsory for the Indian ruler to house a British resident in his court. The ruler could not employ any non-British Europeans in his service or dismiss those who were there. The Indian ruler could not enter into any alliance with any power without the consent of the Company.
Doctrine of Lapse
It was a policy of the British East India Company under which if the ruler of a princely state or territory under the paramountcy of the Company died without a natural heir, the state/territory would automatically be annexed to the British empire.