Write short note on Subsidiary Alliance agreement.
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Subsidiary alliance is a system developed by east India company as mainly by Lord Wuellesly ...........An Indian ruler entering into subsidiary alliance with the British had to accept British Forces in his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance
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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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