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Explain the British policy of ‘Subordinate union’ of Indian States with British India from 1858 to 1905. How did the Government of India implement this policy during this period?

  • UPSC 1995
  • British Expansion in India

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British paramountcy over the Princely States evolved through three distinct phases, and "Subordinate Union" — running from 1858 into the early twentieth century — marks the final and most integrative of the three.

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  • Why Policy Shifted After 1858
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