Subsidiary Alliance system
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The Subsidiary Alliance system was a British imperial strategy in India under which Indian princely states accepted British troops and control over their foreign affairs in exchange for protection, effectively reducing them to dependent allies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Subsidiary Alliance system canonical | 1 |
| Subsidiary Alliance treaties | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16400785 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Subsidiary Alliance system Context triple: [British policies in India, associatedWith, Subsidiary Alliance system]
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A.
Ryotwari system
The Ryotwari system was a land revenue arrangement in British India under which taxes were collected directly from individual peasant cultivators rather than through intermediaries.
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B.
Doctrine of Lapse
The Doctrine of Lapse was a controversial annexation policy used by the British East India Company in 19th-century India, allowing it to seize princely states without a direct male heir and significantly fueling resentment that led to the 1857 rebellion.
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C.
Indian princely states
The Indian princely states were semi-autonomous, monarch-ruled territories in the Indian subcontinent that were nominally sovereign but operated under the suzerainty of the British Crown until their integration into independent India and Pakistan.
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D.
Maratha administration
The Maratha administration was the governmental and revenue system of the Maratha Empire in early modern India, characterized by a decentralized structure, powerful regional nobles, and distinctive taxation practices.
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E.
Canton System
The Canton System was an 18th–19th century Chinese trade regime that restricted foreign commerce to the port of Guangzhou (Canton) under strict imperial control, shaping early Western economic relations with China.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Subsidiary Alliance system Target entity description: The Subsidiary Alliance system was a British imperial strategy in India under which Indian princely states accepted British troops and control over their foreign affairs in exchange for protection, effectively reducing them to dependent allies.
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A.
Ryotwari system
The Ryotwari system was a land revenue arrangement in British India under which taxes were collected directly from individual peasant cultivators rather than through intermediaries.
-
B.
Doctrine of Lapse
The Doctrine of Lapse was a controversial annexation policy used by the British East India Company in 19th-century India, allowing it to seize princely states without a direct male heir and significantly fueling resentment that led to the 1857 rebellion.
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C.
Indian princely states
The Indian princely states were semi-autonomous, monarch-ruled territories in the Indian subcontinent that were nominally sovereign but operated under the suzerainty of the British Crown until their integration into independent India and Pakistan.
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D.
Maratha administration
The Maratha administration was the governmental and revenue system of the Maratha Empire in early modern India, characterized by a decentralized structure, powerful regional nobles, and distinctive taxation practices.
-
E.
Canton System
The Canton System was an 18th–19th century Chinese trade regime that restricted foreign commerce to the port of Guangzhou (Canton) under strict imperial control, shaping early Western economic relations with China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Subsidiary Alliance treaties