the maintenance of army became easy for British in India due to
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1. The presence of British in India was not small
East India Company had a sizable Army in India. By 1806, they had about 154,000 armed men and far more than most armies at that time.

By 1857 mutiny, this army more than doubled:

By 1880, the army grew to 550,000 with a sizable addition to British troops. To provide you a context, the present Indian Army is twice that size while having to protect 4 times the population.
Besides their army in India, Company & later Britain had Navies in the Indian ocean from Malaysia, Australia to South Africa. These navies helped bolster the administration and Britain could quickly move the troops in case of trouble. The creation of railway system further strengthened the administration by easing troop movement within India. In a few decades, Mahatma would turn the same advantage against them, as he used the radio, newspapers and the railway system to connect common Indians.
2. India was a divided nation then
After the disintegration of Mughal empire there was nothing connecting India. That means, although there were uprisings in various parts of the country, they were all random and uncoordinated. For instance, some group in Vellore would rebel. The company would send 2000 troops and they will be squashed. A month later, another group would rebel in Bombay and the company would send the 2000 men there. The chain would go on.
By brutally squashing the uncoordinated rebellion, they sent a strong message. Unless, a big chunk of India made a coordinated attack, the company could just keep sending a few thousand strong warriors to squash rebelling everywhere.
This is where Mahatma's genius foiled British plan. Instead of the Marathis, Bengalis and Tamils attacking the British rule in a sporadic way, he made them act coordinated at the same time. When whole of India launched a coordinated attack, there was little the British army could do. He also removed the fear that was keeping the commoners chained.

3. Help from Princely states
The British didn't rule all of India. A big chunk of them was ruled by Indian kings. These local kings were all loyal to the British (those not loyal were elminated) and actively helped squashing rebellions in the British controlled regions close to their state. For instance, the British would take Hyderabad's and Mysore's help if they need to fight a rebellion in Madras. Only the pink territories were ruled by the British and they were all adjacent to the princely states
East India Company had a sizable Army in India. By 1806, they had about 154,000 armed men and far more than most armies at that time.

By 1857 mutiny, this army more than doubled:

By 1880, the army grew to 550,000 with a sizable addition to British troops. To provide you a context, the present Indian Army is twice that size while having to protect 4 times the population.
Besides their army in India, Company & later Britain had Navies in the Indian ocean from Malaysia, Australia to South Africa. These navies helped bolster the administration and Britain could quickly move the troops in case of trouble. The creation of railway system further strengthened the administration by easing troop movement within India. In a few decades, Mahatma would turn the same advantage against them, as he used the radio, newspapers and the railway system to connect common Indians.
2. India was a divided nation then
After the disintegration of Mughal empire there was nothing connecting India. That means, although there were uprisings in various parts of the country, they were all random and uncoordinated. For instance, some group in Vellore would rebel. The company would send 2000 troops and they will be squashed. A month later, another group would rebel in Bombay and the company would send the 2000 men there. The chain would go on.
By brutally squashing the uncoordinated rebellion, they sent a strong message. Unless, a big chunk of India made a coordinated attack, the company could just keep sending a few thousand strong warriors to squash rebelling everywhere.
This is where Mahatma's genius foiled British plan. Instead of the Marathis, Bengalis and Tamils attacking the British rule in a sporadic way, he made them act coordinated at the same time. When whole of India launched a coordinated attack, there was little the British army could do. He also removed the fear that was keeping the commoners chained.

3. Help from Princely states
The British didn't rule all of India. A big chunk of them was ruled by Indian kings. These local kings were all loyal to the British (those not loyal were elminated) and actively helped squashing rebellions in the British controlled regions close to their state. For instance, the British would take Hyderabad's and Mysore's help if they need to fight a rebellion in Madras. Only the pink territories were ruled by the British and they were all adjacent to the princely states
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The maintenance of army was easy for the British empires in India due to the subsidiary of alliance.
Explanation:
- In the Indian subcontinent, Lord Wellesley (1798-1805) used the subsidiary alliance for the expansion of English state by French governor Duple.
- The “first Indian ruler” to accept the treaty of Lord Wellesley was the Nizam of Hyderabad. In 1798 Nizam accepted the subsidiary alliance of Lord Wellesley.
- It is known that the Nawab of Awadh in November 1801, Peshwa Bajirao II acknowledged the treaty of Veselagei in December 1801, Mysore and Tanjore in 1799, in December 1803 in Barar Bhosla and in Sindhia of Gwalior, in February 1804.
- In addition, Indian kings of Jodhpur, Jaipur, Machhhedhi, Bundi and Bharatpur also accepted the ‘subsidiary alliance’.
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