Write two characteristic features of SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCE
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Answer:
Wellesley developed the system of Subsidiary Alliance. The main features of the system were:
(a) The native ruler who became a subsidiary ally of the English would be protected by the Company’s government against foreign attack.
(b) In lieu of this guarantee the native ruler had to maintain a force under British command and pay a subsidy for its maintenance to the Company.
Answer:
a) According to the term 'subsidiary alliance', Indian rulers were not allowed to have their independent armed forces.
b) They were to be protected by the Company, but had to pay for the 'subsidiary forces' that the Company was supposed to maintain for the purpose of this protection.
c) If the Indian rulers failed to make the payment, then the part of their territory was taken away as penalty.