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With the help of the Subsidiary Alliance Policy, the Britishers took control of the Indian Princely States without any fight.
With the help of the Subsidiary Alliance, the Britishers maintained their army all over the country.
Britishers also stopped other East India Companies from growing. The Subsidiary Alliance Policy was first envisioned by the French Governor, Dupleix.
French governors, dupliex used to rent out their army to the Indian Kings from time to time.
Robert Clive signs the Treaty of Allahabad with Nawab of Awadh Suja ud din after battle of buxar, 1764.
According to one of the provisions of this treaty, the responsibility of the security of the Nawab of Awadh will rest with the British. For this, the Nawab of Awadh would continue to pay the Britishers regularly.
The Subsidiary Alliance expanded during the time of Lord Wellesley. Lord Wellesley was the Governor-General of Bengal from 1798 to 1805.
The terms and conditions of subsidiary alliance policy are -
1. A group of the British Army used to give protection by staying in the princely state and in return the king had to pay money to the Britishers.
2. The Princely State had to bear the living and food expenses of the British Army.
3. Rulers can not form an alliance with any other ruler and war against any power.
4. The ruler cannot employ people from any other European country except the British East India Company.
5. A British official will be present in between all the meetings of the ruler. That official will be called British Resident and he will not interfere in any work of the ruler.
The Britishers forcefully sign the subsidiary alliance with the kings who refused to sign it.
Due to subsidiary alliances, the rights of self-defense also ended with the king. A king could not even maintain a relationship with another king. Everything had to be done with the Britisher's permission.
The power of the Britishers had increased considerably since the subsidiary alliance.
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