subsidiary alliance and doctrine of lapse
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Subsidiary Alliance
- Introduced by Marquess Wellesley, Governor General of India from 1798 to 1805.
- Purpose: Gain control over large tracts of India without carrying out wars or spending money on maintaining troops.
- Principles: The Indian ruler had to disband his army and keep British forces with his territory and pay for their maintenance.
: The Indian rulers were forced to keep a British official called Resident in their cou and expel Non-English foreigners from the state.
Doctrine of Lapse
- Introduced by Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India between 1848 to 1856.
- Rulers of Indian princely states or territories without a natural heir to the throne had to take permission or adopt a heir and the British had the right to sanction or refuse such adoptions.
- If the adoption was not sanctioned then the territory was annexed.
: The Indian rulers were forced to keep a British official called Resident in their cou and expel Non-English foreigners from the state.