<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (August 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The subsidiary alliance, in South Asian history to describe an alliance between princely states and the British East India Company . </P> <P> It was framed 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, which played a major role in the expansion of British rule in India . </P> <P> In a subsidiary alliance, princely rulers were 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 penalty . For example, the Nawab (ruler) of Awadh was forced to give over half of his territory to the company in 1801, reason provided by British officer was Maladministration . Hyderabad was also forced to cede territories on similar grounds . </P>

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