Question

why were the freedom of local rulers being reduced history chapter 5​

Answer 1

The freedom of local rulers was being reduced because of The Divide and Rule policy. British took the advantage of division of Indian Indian society on the grounds of caste, creed, economic status, etc. They used divide and rule policy to eliminate the freedom of local rulers. Divide and rule policy or divide and conquer, in politics and sociology is gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into pieces that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.