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Modern Indian History Viceroys and Governor Generals

What were the main features of the system of Subsidiary Alliance?

1. The ruler entering the alliance must disband his own army.

2. The crown had all the right to interfere in the internal affairs of the protected state.

3. A ruler entering into subsidiary alliance with the British had to maintain a contingent of British troops in his territory.

4. The protected state under the alliance should cut off its connection with all other European powers other than the English.

5. The ruler of the protected state should keep a British Resident at his court.

Select the correct answer using the codes below.

1&2 only

3,4&5 only

1,3,4&5 only

All the above

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Explanation:

Statement 1, 3 and 5: Under the alliance, the Indian state was called ‘the protected state’ and the British were referred to as ‘the paramount power’.It was the duty of the British to safeguard that state from external aggression and to help its ruler maintain internal peace.The protected state should give some money or give part of its territory to the British to support the subsidiary force.
Statement 2: The paramount power should not interfere in the internal affairs of the protected state.But, he should not employ Europeans in his service without the sanction of the paramount power.
Statement 4: The state was also forbidden to have any political contact even with other Indian powers without the permission of the British.
Hyderabad was the first state which was brought under Wellesley’s Subsidiary System in 1798.