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Read the description and identify the person. He introduced the Subsidiary Alliance to expand the British control over India.
Topic: British expansion policies
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(c) Lord Wellesley.
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Lord Wellesley introduced the Subsidiary Alliance in 1798: an Indian ruler who accepted it kept a British force in his territory, paid for its upkeep, and surrendered control of his foreign affairs. Keep the four Governors-General apart by their signature policy — Wellesley the Subsidiary Alliance, Dalhousie the Doctrine of Lapse, Canning the Viceroy during the 1857 Revolt, and Curzon the Partition of Bengal.
In words
Lord Wellesley.
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