Lord Wellesley (1793 – 1798) in Indian History:
- Described himself as Bengali Tiger.
- He created the Madras presidency.
- Introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance.
- The first state to sign the Subsidiary Alliance system was Hyderabad in 1798. Then Mysore, Tanjore, Awadh, Peshwar, Bhonsle, Sindhia, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Mecheri, Bundi, Bharatpur and Berar signed the subsidiary treaty.
- Lord Wellesley fought the second Maratha war.
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy wrote the Tuhfat-ul- Muwahiddin (gift to the Monotheists) during his period.
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