Question

What was the importance of the policy of paramountcy to Britishers​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Claim to Paramountcy. The British East India Company pursued an aggressive policy of territorial expansion from the early eighteenth century. Lord Hastings was the first Governor General of India from 1813. Under Lord Hasting a new policy of "paramountcy" was introduced in India.

It was important to the Britishers as, the policy of paramountcy helped them capture kingdoms, that led to the capturing of the whole Indian subcontinent.