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	Under this system, an Indian ruler who formed an agreement with the company concerned was provided with protection against external attacks. In return, the ruler was required to:		Under this system, an Indian ruler who formed an agreement with the company concerned was provided with protection against external attacks. In return, the ruler was required to:

	* Maintain the ~~Company~~'s army at or near the capital of the state;		* Maintain the company's army at or near the capital of the state;
	* Accept the British as the supreme power in matters of external affairs;		* Accept the British as the supreme power in matters of external affairs;
	* Provide money or territory to the ~~Company~~ for the maintenance of the troops;		* Provide money or territory to the company for the maintenance of the troops;
	* Expel all other Europeans from the state and refrain from employing them in military or civil services;		* Expel all other Europeans from the state and refrain from employing them in military or civil services;
	* Maintain a British official, known as a ''Resident'', at the capital, who supervised diplomatic relations and correspondence with other states, thereby preventing the ruler from conducting foreign relations without British approval.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Subsidiary Alliance System \|publisher=[[Indian Administrative Service\|IAS]] \|url=http://www.careerlauncher.com/upsc/subsidiary-alliance-system \|access-date=1 August 2022 \|archive-date=3 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803095458/https://www.careerlauncher.com/upsc/subsidiary-alliance-system/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		* Maintain a British official, known as a ''Resident'', at the capital, who supervised diplomatic relations and correspondence with other states, thereby preventing the ruler from conducting foreign relations without British approval.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Subsidiary Alliance System \|publisher=[[Indian Administrative Service\|IAS]] \|url=http://www.careerlauncher.com/upsc/subsidiary-alliance-system \|access-date=1 August 2022 \|archive-date=3 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803095458/https://www.careerlauncher.com/upsc/subsidiary-alliance-system/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
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	The [[Holkar]] State of [[Indore]] was the last major member of the Maratha Confederacy to accept a subsidiary alliance, doing so in 1818.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ahir \|first=Rajiv \|title=A Brief History of Modern India \|publisher=Spectrum Books \|year=2019 \|pages=122}}</ref>		The [[Holkar]] State of [[Indore]] was the last major member of the Maratha Confederacy to accept a subsidiary alliance, doing so in 1818.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ahir \|first=Rajiv \|title=A Brief History of Modern India \|publisher=Spectrum Books \|year=2019 \|pages=122}}</ref>

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-'''Subsidiary alliance''' is a system developed by the [[East India Company]]. mainly by Lord Wellesley. It solved the problem of ruling a nation which is under the rule of a king.
+[[File:Dupleix Jean Francois estampe.jpeg|thumb|Lithograph of [[Joseph François Dupleix]], who pioneered the system of subsidiary alliances.]]
-Some of the rules of the subsidiary alliance were:
+A '''subsidiary alliance''', in [[History of South Asia|South Asian history]], was a [[Tribute|tributary]] alliance between an [[Princely state|Indian state]] and a European [[East India Company]], most notably the [[British East India Company]].
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'''Subsidiary alliance''' is a system developed by the [[East India Company]]. mainly by Lord Wellesley. It solved the problem of ruling a nation which is under the rule of a king.

Some of the rules of the subsidiary alliance were:
* An Indian ruler entering into a subsidiary alliance with the British had to accept British forces in his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance.
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* Such a ruler would not form an alliance with any other power, nor would he declare war against any power without the permission of the British.
* The ruler would not employ any Europeans other than the British, and if he were already doing so, he would dismiss them.
* In case of a conflict with any other state, the British would decide what to do, and he would accept their solution.
* The ruler would acknowledge the [[East India Company]] as the power in India.
* In return for the ruler accepting its conditions, the Company undertook to protect the state from external dangers and internal disorders.
* If the Indian rulers failed to make the payments required by the alliance, then part of their territory was to be taken away as a penalty.
Under this doctrine, Indian rulers under British protection surrendered the control of their foreign affairs to the British. Most disbanded their native armies, instead maintaining British troops within their states to protect them from attack. As British power grew, in most parts of India this became increasingly unlikely. The system also allowed the British to maintain their army at the expense of local rulers.

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