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From Trade to Territory - The Company Establishes Power
Explain the system of 'subsidiary alliance'.
Under the system of 'subsidiary alliance'-
(i)Indian rulers were not allowed to have their independent armed forces.
(ii)They were to be protected by the Company, but had to pay for the 'subsidiary forces' that the Company was supposed to maintain for the purpose of this protection.
(iii)If the Indian rulers failed to make the payment, the part of their territory was taken away as penalty.
The states which had to lose their territories on this ground were Awadh and Hyderabad.
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The British conquest of Bengal began with the Battle of _____________.
Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan were the rulers of _____________.
Dalhousie implemented the Doctrine of _________.
Maratha kingdoms were located mainly in the ___________ part of India.
The Mughal empire became stronger in the eighteenth century.
The English East India Company was the only European company that traded with India.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the ruler of Punjab.
The British did not introduce administrative changes in the territories they conquered.
What attracted European trading companies to India?
What were the areas of conflict between the Bengal nawabs and the East India Company?
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