What was the core principle of Dupleix’s political strategy in India?
1. To capture territory directly through military conquest against the Mughals.
2. To lend disciplined European troops to Indian princes in exchange for wealth and territory.
3. To establish a French monopoly by physically expelling all English merchants from Bengal.
Which of the statements are correct?

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Dupleix was the pioneer of lending European troops for political and financial gains, a precursor to the Subsidiary Alliance.

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