British Colonial Rule in India: Subsidiary Alliance Policy

The British and the Marathas sought to exert control over numerous smaller ______ states across India.

The FIRST ANGLO-MARATHA WAR (1777-1782) originated from British support for Raghunath Rao's claim to the ______ leadership.

The SECOND ANGLO-MARATHA WAR (1803-1805) marked by significant battles such as Assaye and Argaon, where the British, under ______ Wellesley defeated Maratha forces.

The Marathas were defeated after the decline of the ______ Empire because they found large areas difficult to administer.

The Marathas were defeated in the THIRD ANGLO-MARATHA WAR (1817-1818) and the Peshwa was dethroned and pensioned off to ______.

The Marathas were led by ambitious chieftains such as the ______, Scindias, Holkars, Gaekwads, and Bhonsles.

Aurangzeb was known as an orthodox leader because of his strictness with ______ sharia

The Marathas were adept at ______ warfare tactics

After Aurangzeb's death in 1707, the Marathas rapidly expanded their ______

The rise of the Marathas contributed to the ______ of the Mughal Empire into smaller states

The Marathas defeated the Mughal army and raided the Mughal capital in the ______ of Delhi (1737)

Shivaji was born in 1630 at Shivneri Fort, near ______, in the state of Maharashtra

The Subsidiary Alliance required Indian princely states to accept British ______ in their territory and to pay for the maintenance of these forces.

The Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord ______ in the Indian subcontinent.

The British expansion policies and annexation of territories under the doctrine of lapse or through ______ alliances, fueled tensions.

The system effectively made the princely states ______ states of the British.

The princely state under the alliance was not allowed to have its own independent ______ forces and could not form any foreign alliances without British approval.

Broken treaties and alliances, such as those concerning the protection of mutual interests or ______, often led to mistrust and eventual conflict.