Explain the system of subsidiary alliance?
In a subsidiary alliance, princely rulers were not allowed to make any negotiations and treaties with any other ruler they were also not allowed to have an independent armed force they were to be protected by the east India company but had to pay for the subsidiary forces that the company was to maintain for protection if Indian rulers failed to make the payment part of their territory was taken away as a penalty, for example, the nawab ruler of the awadh was forced to give over half of his territory to the company in 1801 a reason provided by British officer was maladministration, hydra bad was also forced to cede territory on similar grounds. By the late 18th century, the power of the Maratha empire had weakened and the Indian subcontinent was left with a great number of states, most small and weak. Many rulers accepted the offer of protection by the good sky, as it gave them security against attack by their neighbors. The alliance was forced upon rulers so their territories could be annexed by the British.
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