Question

Write a note on the annexation policies introduced by the English East India Company.

Answer 1

Explanation:

• 2-3 points on Subsidiary Alliance
• 2-3 points on Doctrine of Lapse

Answer:

Subsidiary Alliance

English adopted this policy under the Governor-Generalship of Lord Wellesley.

• The local ruler has to acknowledge the dominance of the Company.
• The Company’s troops were stationed in territories and the local ruler had to maintain them - in exchange for an annual subsidy.
• The local rulers had to take the permission of the Company before allying with or conducting business.

Doctrine of Lapse

English adopted this policy under the Governor-Generalship of Lord Dalhousie.

• Any province that was in a subsidiary alliance would be taken over by the Company if the ruler of the province did not leave behind a natural heir.
• The adopted heirs were only entitled to the private properties and not the powers of the throne.