What is Ring Fence Policy?
The Ring-Fence Policy was a doctrine enacted by Warren Hastings at the time of East India Company’s struggle against the Marathas and the Kingdom of Mysore. Through the policy, buffer zones were created to protect the Company's borders. The Company defended its neighbours' borders in order to protect their own territories. Through the policy, the British claimed no sovereignty over the native rulers, treated them as independent, did not interfere in their internal affairs and, signed treaties with them on an equal and reciprocal basis. But, this was not followed in the case of the Hindu ruler of Mysore.
The policy lasted from 1765 to 1813. Wellesley's subsidiary alliance policy was an extension of the Ring-Fence Policy, which sought to reduce states' reliance on the British government in India.
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