Mention the terms of Lord Wellesley's Subsidiary Alliance and its effects on the Indian rulers who accepted them. Also state the advantages it gave to the British.

The terms of Lord Wellesley's Subsidiary Alliance were:

1. The rulers who signed it had to accept the British as the supreme power.
2. They had to maintain British troops at their own cost.
3. They had to keep a British officer known as the Resident at their courts.
4. They would not have any other foreigner (other than British) in their kingdom.
5. They were not allowed to negotiate with any other kingdom without prior approval of the British.

Impact of Subsidiary Alliance on Indian Rulers who accepted it were following:

1. It disarmed the Indian states and deprived the Indian princes the means of forming any confederacy against the British.
2. By accepting disarmament and surrendering foreign relations, the Indian states accepted a subordinate position and virtually lost their independence.
3. Administration and military became very weak.
4. Heavy taxes were imposed on the subjects to meet the cost of maintaining British troops.

Advantages of Subsidiary Alliance to the British were:

1. They got control of Indian states without waging wars.
2. Their army was well maintained at the expenses of Indian rulers.
3. It enabled the British to keep a close eye on the Indian states through their Resident in the courts of these states.
4. The stationing of the Company's troops in the capitals of the Indian states gave the British the control of strategic and key positions in India.
5. It averted the danger of Indian rulers forming an alliance against the British.