Question

What was the Subsidiary Alliance?Mention two states brought under the British control using the Subsidiary Alliance?​

Answer 1

Answer:

An Indian ruler entering into a subsidiary alliance with the British had to accept British forces in his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance. Such a ruler would not form an alliance with any other power, nor would he declare war against any power without the permission of the British.

The Nawab of Awadh was the next to accept the Subsidiary Alliance, in 1801. After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the Maratha ruler Baji Rao II also accepted a subsidiary alliance. several states like: Hyderabad (1798 and 1800), Tanjore (1799), Awadh (1801), Bhonsle (1803), and Indore(1817) adopted this system.

Answer 2

Subsidiary alliance is a system developed by the East India Company. ... Some of a subsidiary alliance were: An Indian ruler entering into a subsidiary alliance with the British had to accept British forces in his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance. Mysore and Peshwa were two of the states brought under susidiary alliance by British