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Question
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
How did the Subsidiary Alliance impact the economy?
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Solution
Awadh had signed a Subsidiary Alliance with Wellesley. He had to protect the nawab from external invasions and internal rebellions. It made the nawabs complacent and unconcerned about the affairs of the state. The payment of annual subsidies to the Company exhausted the state treasury.
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Shah Alam II granted the Company the __________ of _________, _______ and ________ in 1765.
This picture portrays a momentous event in 1765, involving a British Governor and a Mughal emperor wherein the Mughal emperor is conveying the grant of the Diwani to the governor.
Identify the Mughal emperor and the British governor.
In 1765 the British signed treaties with The Nawab of Awadh. Mention any two important terms of this treaty.
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The Governors-General during the First and Second Anglo-Maratha Wars were _____________ and ____________, respectively.
Match the Column:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Subsidiary Alliance | (a) Ruler of the Sikh kingdom |
| 2. Hyder Ali | (b) paramount power in India |
| 3. Ranjit Singh | (c) Ruler of Mysore |
| 4. The doctrine of Lapse | (d) Lord Wellesley |
| 5. English East India Company | (e) Lord Dalhousie |
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The First Anglo-Maratha War was fought during the Governor-Generalship of __________.
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Discuss the disastrous effects of the Subsidiary Alliance on the Indian states.
Answer the following question briefly:
With reference to the annexation of Awadh discuss:
The effects of the Subsidiary Alliance on the administration in Awadh
Did the Doctrine of Lapse method have an advantage for the Indian rulers? Why?
Answer the following question:
State very briefly why the Marathas failed against the British.
