The british used both the policy of outright war and administrative measures to capture territories in india. Mention examples of both the measures.
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The British introduced many policies to capture territories in India. Out of them the two famous policies were Doctrine of Lapse and Subsidary Alliance.
i) DOCTRINE OF LAPSE:
• Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by Lord Dalhousie in the year 1853.
• Most of the Indian Princely states were captured by British through this policy.
• According to this policy, the kingdom without any natural heir were annexed by the Britishers.
•Satara,Jhansi,Nagpur etc were examples of kingdoms which were annexed under this policy.
ii) SUBSIDARY ALLIANCE:
• Subsidiary Alliance was another policy which was introduced by Lord Wellesley.
• According to this policy, the kingdom which sign this policy should accept the British troops into the kingdom.
• Nizam of Hyderabad was first ruler who accepted this policy.
• Later kingdoms like Mysore, Tanjore etc came under the Subsidary Alliance.