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Define subsidiary alliance

From 1757 to 1857, the East India Company used a variety of political, economic and diplomatic methods to annex Indian kingdoms. The subsidiary alliance was one such method. According to the terms of this alliance, Indian rulers were not allowed to have their independent armed forces. They were to be protected by the Company, and had to pay for the “subsidiary forces” that the Company had to maintain for the purpose of protecting them. If Indian rulers failed to make the payment, then part of their territory was taken away as penalty. For example, in 1801, the nawab of Awadh was forced to give over half of his territory to the Company for failing to pay for the “subsidiary forces”.
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Subsidiary alliance is a system of ruling a dominated nation.According to term of this alliance Indian rulers were not allowed to have their independent armed forces.the Company should protect them but they had to pay for the "subsidiary forces" and if they failed to pay then their territory was taken.For example when Richard Wellesley was the governor general [1798-1805] the Nawab of awadh was forced to give half of his territory .Lord wellesley introduced this in India in 19th century
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Subsidiary Alliance is a system of ruling a dominated nation. Lord Wellesley introduced it in India in the 19th century.
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Sometimes the company forced the states into a 'Subsidiary Alliance'. According to this alliance, Indian rulers were not allowed to have their independemt armed forces. They were to be protected by the company, but they had to pay for the 'Subsidiary Forces' that the company was supposed to maintain for the purpose of this protection. If Indian rulers failed to make the payment then a part of their territory was taken away as penalty. When Richard Wellesly was the governer-general, the Nawab of Awadh was forced to give over half of his territory to the company in 1801. Hyderabad was also forced to cede territory on similar grounds.
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