Choose the incorrect statements regarding the ‘Subsidiary Alliance System’.

(1) Subsidiary Alliance was the strategy of the British to acquire more territories in India.
(2) Under this system, the British would be responsible for the internal and external protection of Indian rulers.
(3) Nawabs and local rulers were allowed to keep their own army as well.
(4) Nawabs were dependent on the British Army for their protection.

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The incorrect statement regarding the 'Subsidiary Alliance System' is: (3) Nawabs and local rulers were allowed to keep their own army as well.

Subsidiary Alliance was a system devised by Lord Wellesley in 1798. All those who entered into such an alliance with the British had to accept certain terms and conditions mentioned by the Britishers. The Subsidiary Alliance had been imposed on Awadh in 1801. By the terms of this alliance the Nawab had to disband his military force, allow the British to position their troops within the kingdom, and act in accordance with the advice of the British Resident who was now to be attached to the court.