HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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Prevent the French influence in the Indian States
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Improve the administration of the Indian States
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Tone up the British Indian administration
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Prevent disloyalty towards the British
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Detailed explanation-1: -To counter the intrigues of Napoleon and any further development of French Power in India, Wellesley, introduced Subsidiary Alliance to eliminate the French Power from India and to maintain British Supremacy in India.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thus, the reason for the implementation of the subsidiary alliance system by Lord Wellesley was mainly to conquer the Indian states easily without any war.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main principles of a subsidiary alliance were: An Indian ruler entering into a subsidiary alliance with the British had to accept British forces within his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance. The ruler would accept a British Resident in his state.
Detailed explanation-4: -Eliminate the possibility of an alliance between the Nizam and the Marathas.