Anglo-Sikh Wars

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Were two military conflicts between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company that resulted in the fall of the Sikh Empire.

Chronology

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1. First Anglo-Sikh War

Was a military conflict between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company.

January 1846: Battle of Aliwal.

December 1845: Battle of Mudki.

December 1845: Battle of Ferozeshah.

February 1846: Battle of Sobraon.

1.1.Treaty of Lahore

In the Treaty of Lahore of 9 March 1846 that ended the First Anglo-Sikh War, the Sikhs surrendered the Jullundur Doab region to the British.

March 1846: In the Treaty of Lahore the Sikhs were made to surrender the valuable region (the Jullundur Doab) between the Beas River and Sutlej River.

March 1846: The Lahore Durbar was required to pay an indemnity of 15 million rupees to the British. Because it could not readily raise this sum, it ceded Kashmir, Hazarah and all the forts, territories, rights and interests in the hill countries situated between the Rivers Beas and Indus to the East India Company, as equivalent to ten million of rupees.

2. Second Anglo-Sikh War

Was a military conflict between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company that took place in 1848 and 1849 and resulted in the fall of the Sikh Empire.

January 1849: Battle of Chillianwala.

February 1849: Battle of Chillianwala.

March 1849: Chattar Singh and Sher Singh surrendered near Rawalpindi.

January 1849: Mulraj surrendered on 22 January.

January 1849: Captain John Nicholson, leading irregular cavalry based at Peshawar, seized the vital fort of Attock on the Indus River from its Sikh garrison.

February 1849: Battle of Gujrat.

March 1849: Sikh ruler Duleep Singh signed away all claims to the rule of the Punjab to the British, who annexed the region.