INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

THE FIRST ONE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first Indian ruler who joined the subsidiary Alliance was-
A
The king of Travancore
B
The Nawab of Oudh
C
Peshwa Baji Rao II
D
The Nizam of Hyderabad
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to enter into a Subsidiary Alliance System. Tipu Sultan of Mysore was refused as a part of this alliance, but after the British victory in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, they became forced to become a part of a subsidiary alliance and it became a subsidiary state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Treaty of Masulipatam, (Feb. 23, 1768), agreement by which the state of Hyderabad, India, submitted to British control. The First Mysore War began in 1767 and concerned the East India Company’s attempts to check the expansionary policies of the ruler of Mysore, Hyder Ali.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nawab of Awadh, Saadat Ali Khan II entered into the subsidiary alliance with the British in the year 1801. Subsidiary alliance was a treaty between Indian Princely states and East Indian Company. Lord Wellesley, Governor-General of India(1798-1805) introduced the Subsidiary alliance.

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