Question

The Revolt of 1857 is a landmark in Indian History. Answer the following questions

referring to it:

a) Write short note on (a) Subsidiary Alliance; (b) Doctrine of Lapse. [4]

b) Write in detail any three Socio- religious causes for the 1857 Revolt. [3]

c) What was the immediate cause​

Answer 1

Answer:

a= subsidiary alliance sytem was coined by lord wellesley who was a governor general in india in 1798.

Explanation:

according to subsidiary alliance system.

a state has to surrendar its external relationes to the care of the company.

any form of negotiations were to made through a company.

the state was to accept a british resident as its hedquarters.

the company in turn was to protect the state from any foreign invasion.

the nizam of hyderabad ,the ruler ofmysore ,the peshwa and the sindia were the cheif rulers who accepted the subsidiay alliance system.

b = doctrine of lapse was coined by lord dalhousie who was a governor general of india (1848-1856)

according to doctrine of lapse

if the ruler if any dependent state died without a legitimate heir of a throne.

his state would directly be annexed or lapsed to the british empire.

so british annexed the states of sambhalpur,baghat, jhansi, udaipur and nagpur under the doctrine of lapse

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