Subsidiary Alliance and Doctrine of Lapse
They are two strategies that are used by the British to force in the Indian states of subordination, and the acceptance of their over-lordship. Subsidiary was presented by the Alliance Wellesley, the Governor-General in British India, which states in India have been asked to give up their rights with regard to foreign and defense affairs Britain, which maintains a subsidiary force in its native state. The force of state protection as a native of internal opposition and external threats. Mysore and Maratha States had been forced by using the strategy of subordination subsidiary of the alliance. Dalhousie introduced the doctrine of forfeiture, that a sovereign country can adopt a child for the estate, and following the death of leaders, the kingdom will pass into the hands of the British. This strategy has been implemented in many states of States and then they were annexed to the British Empire. Rani Lakshmi Bai lost its case to adopt a boy as the heir apparent to the throne of Jhansi.

Revolt of 1857
The fight against the population, and the fight against the social policies of Britons were opposed by every section of Indian society. This opposition movement saturated with anti-British regarded as the revolt of 1857. This revolt against the British was led by the sepoys, who has worked in the British army, but either left or terminated because of indiscipline. In the year 1857, the sepoys of Meerut rebelled against their garrison commanders, and left for Delhi. The sepoys had originally planned to Delhi, the central point to launch a national revolt. In Delhi, they made the Mogul ruler Bahadur Shah Jaffer as the emperor of India, and declared war on British India.

Although the revolt was sporadic and limited to a few native States, it reflects the collective strength of sepoys, and their determination to drive the British from India. The British forces initially faced setbacks, but soon recovered and crushed the sepoy revolt. As Indian leaders of Bihar Kanwar Singh, Bakht Khan in Delhi, Nana Saheb and Tantia Tope in Kanpur, Rani Jhansi Lakshmi Bai fought heroically in battle against the British. In the end, Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah Jaffer was captured and deported to Rangoon where he died in 1862.

British Queen's Proclamation & Council Acts
The British learned many lessons from the revolt of 1857, the first being that united India is a force that can never be controlled or subordinate. The British therefore is not for all major conquests or professions. The British have become more diplomatic, and followed the policy of divide and rule. States have been allies of the British Empire and pampered because they were regarded as "dykes" any opposition to British rule in India.

The proclamation of the Queen of 1 November 1958 highlighted the policy of peace and friendship with the states, with the assurance not to involve in the internal affairs of States native. The educated were increasingly to be involved in the governance of the state, and the natives will receive the same treatment as that enjoyed by other subjects of the Queen, and there would be no discrimination on the basis of caste, creed or sex in public services For appointment by the Queen. The proclamation of the Queen of 1958 has made India totally dependent on the UK, with the Queen being declared as the Empress of India.

The Indian Councils Acts of 1853, 1961 and 1892 increased the number of unofficial members in the Governor General of the Executive Council. The Indians were gradually admitted to the Council. Local governments in the form of district councils and municipalities have also been put in place. The bureaucracy has been strengthened and the army has been reorganized.