8th Class Social Science Expansion Company and Bengal Nawabs Question Bank Expansion of British Power in India - Long answer Type Question

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    What were the terms of the Subsidiary Alliance?

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    According to the Subsidiary Alliance: The ruler had to acknowledge the British East India Company as the supreme power. He had to allow British forces in his territory and pay for their maintenance. A British resident would stay in the court. The ruler could not enter into any alliance with any other power. He could not declare war against any state without the permission of the British. The ruler could not employ any European to his service without the prior approval of the British. The foreign affairs of the state would be looked after by the British. The subsidiary state had to abide by all these conditions in return for which the company protected the state from external attacks and internal disturbances.


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