Question

What is the Subsidiary alliance ?? who devised it ??

Answer 1

subsidiary alliance is a term used, in the context of South Asian history to describe a protectorate-type relationship between, on one hand, princely statesand, on the other, the East India Company and/or the British Government of India.

British policy in India

The doctrine of subsidiary alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley, British Governor-General in India from 1798 to 1805. Early in his governorship Wellesley adopted a policy of non-intervention in the princely states, but he later adopted the policy of forming subsidiary alliances. This policy was to play a major role in British expansion in India.

According to the terms of a subsidiary alliance, princely rulers were not allowed to have an independent armed force. They were to be protected by the East India Company, but had to pay for the 'subsidiary forces' that the company was supposed to maintain for the purpose of this protection