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    Who introduced Subsidiary Alliance System in administration to establish the British power over Indian States?             [UP-PCS (M) 2016]

    A)  Warren Hastings

    B)  Lord Wellesley

    C)  Lord Cornwallis

    D)  Lord Dalhousie

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     The doctrine of subsidiary Alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley, British Governor General in India from 1798 to 1805. Early in his governorship Wellesley adopted a policy of non - intervention in the princely states, but he later adopted the policy of forming subsidiary Alliances. This policy was to play a major role in British expansion in India.


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