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The Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by whom?


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a

Lord Wellesley

b

Warren Hastings

c

Lord Viceroy

d

Lord Mountbatten 

answer is A.

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The Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by Lord Wellesley.
In the Subsidiary Alliance, a pact between the British East India Company and Indian princely states, the British attempted to determine who would succeed and who would be nominated to administrative positions. The subsidiary alliance, which Lord Wellesley designed, forbade Indian rulers from having their armed forces because the company would be responsible for protecting them. They had to pay for the auxiliary forces that the business was obligated to have for protection. If the Indian rulers didn't pay, their control over the territory was taken away as a punishment, and eventually, a portion of their territory was seized. Any Indian ruler who formed a secondary alliance with the British had to allow British forces on his territory and agree to support them financially. Without the British government's approval, such a leader would not make war on any nation or ally with any other state. The British East India Company's armed soldiers would be stationed continuously to protect their colonial possessions. Hyderabad, Mysore, Tanjore, Awadh, and Peshwa are the regions where the Indian state transformed into a subsidiary alliance.
 
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