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Residency
Residency may refer to: * Artist-in-residence, a program to sponsor the residence and work of visual artists, writers, musicians, etc. * Concert residency, a series of concerts performed at one venue * Domicile (law), the act of establishing or maintaining a residence in a given place ** Permanent residency, indefinite residence within a country despite not having citizenship * Pharmacy residency, a stage of postgraduate pharmaceutical training * Residency (administrative division), notably for indirect rule, in the British and Dutch colonial Empires ** Residencies of British India, political offices in India managed by a Resident * Residency (DJ), a salaried position as a DJ * Residency (medicine), a stage of postgraduate medical training See also * Diplomatic mission, the home of an ambassador * Residence (other) * Resident (other) Resident may refer to: People and functions * Resident minister, a representative of a government in a foreign country * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Residencies Of British India
The Residencies of British India were political offices, each managed by a Resident (title), Resident, who dealt with the relations between the British Government of India and one (or a territorial set) of princely states. History The Residency system has its origins in the system of subsidiary alliances devised by the British after the Battle of Plassey in 1757, to secure Bengal from attack by deploying East India Company troops of the Bengal Army within friendly Native States. Through this system, the Indian Princes of these Native States were assured of protection from internal or external aggression, through deployment of company troops. In return they had to pay for the maintenance of those troops and also accept a British Resident in their court. The Resident was a senior British official posted in the capital of these Princely States, technically a diplomat but also responsible for keeping the ruler to his alliance.Metcalf, Barbara D., and Thomas R. Metcalf, ''A Concise H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
