Question

write the short note on the subsidiary alliances ?

Answer 1

Subsidiary alliance was a rule regulated during the colonial period .
According to this rule any Indian ruler was not allowed to keep his own force or army
His protection is the commitment of the British
the Indian ruler had to pay for the force

Answer 2

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.