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Answer 1

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Which two territories were taken over under the system of Subsidiary Alliance?

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Subsidiary Alliance was another annexation policy of the British. It was introduced by Lord Wellesley the Governor General of Bengal.

This alliance was also known as non - intervention policy.

Under it the ruler had to follow the following things :

• The ruler would be protected by the company against foreign attacks but the ruler had to pay for it. He had to look after the British army and it's expenses.
• If the ruler failed to pay for the expenses ; some part of his territory would be annexed .
• The ruler cannot form an alliance with another foreign power.
• A British Resident was placed in the court ; who interfered in all matters of the state.
• Hence the rulers started to feel like they have lost their powers.

States like:$\sf\red {Mysore , Awadh ,Scindhiya , Peshwa ,etc }$ were taken under the Subsidiary Alliance.

Answer 2

Subsidiary Alliance:-

✔Subsidiary Alliance was basically a treaty between the British East India Company and the Indian princely states, by virtue of which the Indian kingdoms lost their sovereignty to the English. It also was a major process that led to the building of the British Empire in India. It was framed by Lord Wellesley, the Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805. It was actually used for the first time by the French Governor-General Marquis Dupleix.

✔The Nawab of Awadh was the first ruler to enter into the subsidiary alliance with the British after the Battle of Buxar. However, The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to accept a well-framed subsidiary alliance.

States taken over:-

✔Hyderabad (1798)

✔Mysore (1799 – After Tipu Sultan was defeated in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War)

✔Tanjore (1799)

✔Awadh (1801)

✔Peshwa (Marathas) (1802)

✔Scindia (Marathas) (1803)

✔Gaekwad (Marathas) (1803)