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In the times of Gurus [1469 - 1708], The establishment of the Khalsa Panth [1699], Sikh Confederacies [1708 - 1769], Sikh struggle against Mughal empire [1708 - 1799], The Sikh Empire [1799 - 1839], The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947], The Modern History of Sikhs [1947 - present]
 
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Historical Events in Sikh History/The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947]
ANGLOSIKH RELATIONS need to be traced to the transformation of the British East India Company, a commercial organization, into a political power in India . Victory at Plassey (23 June 1757) brought Bengal under the de facto control of the British, an...
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Historical Events in Sikh History/The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947]
ANGLOSIKH TREATY (1806) followed Jasvant Rao Holkar`s crossing over into the Punjab in 1805 after he was defeated at Fatehgarh and Dig in December 1804 by the British. Accompanied by his Ruhila ally, Amir Khan, and a Maratha force estimated at 15,000...
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Historical Events in Sikh History/The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947]
ANGLOSIKH TREATY (AMRITSAR, 1809). Napoleon`s victories in Europe had alarmed the British, who, fearing a French attack on the country through Afghanistan, decided to win the Sikhs over to their side and sent a young officer, Charles Theophilus Metca...
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Historical Events in Sikh History/The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947]
ANGLOSIKH TREATY (1840). In 1832, a treaty was executed by Lord William Bentinck, the GovernorGeneral of India, through Col. C.M. Wade, with the Lahore Darbar concerning navigation through the Sutlej and the Indus rivers within the Khalsa territory. ...
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Historical Events in Sikh History/The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947]
ANGLOSIKH TREATIES (LAHORE, 9 and 11 March 1846). After the end of the first AngloSikh war, the British governorgeneral, Lord Hardinge, entered the Sikh capital on 20 February 1846, and on 9 March imposed upon the young Maharaja Duleep Singh, then ag...
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