Question

(viii) Explain the system of "Subsidiary alliance".​

Answer 1

Answer:

A subsidiary alliance, in South Asian history, describes a tributary alliance between a Native state and either French India, or later the British East India Company. In a Subsidiary Alliance, princely rulers were not allowed to make any negotiations and treaty with any other ruler.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Subsidiary Alliance System was “Non-Intervention Policy” used by Lord Wellesley who was the Governor-General (1798-1805) to establish the British Empire in India. According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of the British army.

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