HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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His agreeing to the abolition of the office of the Peshwa after his death
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An underhand transaction of Rs. 15 lakh
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His consent to the subsidiary alliance
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His agreeing to dispossess Scindia from his fief
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Detailed explanation-1: –The “Non-Intervention Policy” Subsidiary Alliance Scheme was used by Lord Wellesley, who was the Governor-General to establish the British Empire in India.-Every ruler in India had to agree, according to this scheme, to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of the British army.
Detailed explanation-2: -Baji Rao II fled to Bassein where he signed the Subsidiary Treaty as a price for British protection and support.
Detailed explanation-3: -THE CONDITIONS OF SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCE: The Indian King had to station the British Army in his kingdom. The concerned state had to bear the expenses of the army and the wages of soldiers, and also had to give certain revenue lands as well. The King has to have a British Resident in his Court.
Detailed explanation-4: -By the Treaty of Bassein, the peshwa agreed to maintain a British subsidiary force of six battalions, for whose upkeep territory was ceded; to exclude all Europeans from his service; to give up his claims on Surat and Baroda; and to conduct his foreign relations in consultation with the British.