What is mean by subsidiary alliance?
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The main principles of system of subsidiary alliance were:
1) Indian rulers were not allowed to have their independent armed forces.
2) The rulers were to be protected by the company, but had to pay for the “subsidiary forces” that the company was supposed to maintain for the purpose of this protection.
3) If the rulers failed to make the payment, then part of their territory was taken away as penalty.
1) Indian rulers were not allowed to have their independent armed forces.
2) The rulers were to be protected by the company, but had to pay for the “subsidiary forces” that the company was supposed to maintain for the purpose of this protection.
3) If the rulers failed to make the payment, then part of their territory was taken away as penalty.
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Hey there!
Subsidiary Alliance System:
- The Subsidiary Alliance system of doctrine was introduced by Lord Richard Wellesley from 1798 to 1805.
According to it:
♦ Any Indian ruler accepting the subsidiary alliance with East India Company had to keep the British Army within their territory and was supposed to pay for its maintenance.
♦ In lieu of the payments, some of the states territory was ceded to the British.
♦ The ruler accepting it was forced to keep a British official at the court called 'Resident'.
♦ The states brought under British control by this system included Hyderabad, Gwalior, Indore, Jaipur, Jodhpur , Oudh.
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