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The Sikh Empire, officially known as Sarkār-i-Khālsa and Khālasa Rāj, [citation needed] was a regional power based in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. [7] It existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered by the British East India Company in the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
Sher Singh was crowned Maharaja of the Sikh Empire in January 1841, with Dhian Singh Dogra as his prime minister. [7] [8] The army expanded rapidly in the aftermath of Ranjit Singh's death, from 29,000 (with 192 guns) in 1839 to over 80,000 in 1845 [9] as landlords and their retainers took up arms. It proclaimed itself to be the embodiment of ...
The Dogra–Tibetan war [2] [3] or Sino-Sikh war [4] was fought from May 1841 to August 1842, between the forces of the Dogra Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu, under the suzerainty of the Sikh Empire, and those of Tibet, [3] under the protectorate of the Qing dynasty.
Zorawar Singh (1784–12 December 1841) was a military general of the Dogra Rajput ruler, Gulab Singh, who served as the Raja of Jammu under the Sikh Empire. [3] [4] He served as the governor (wazir-e-wazarat) of Kishtwar and extended the territories of the kingdom by conquering Ladakh and Baltistan. [5]
Sino-Sikh War, May 1841 to August 1842, General Zorawar Singh Kahluria of the Sikh Empire invaded Qing Tibet; First Anglo-Afghan War, 1837-1842 [2]; Missionaries from the Presbyterian Church of Wales found the Presbyterian Church in India in the Khasi Hills in northeast India [3]
Sher Singh (4 December 1807 – 15 September 1843) was the fourth Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. Elder of the twins of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire and Maharani Mehtab Kaur. His reign began on 18 January 1840 following his assault on Lahore which ended the brief regency of Maharani Chand Kaur. [2]
Sikh Empire: Emirate of Afghanistan: Disputed [4] 1837 Poonch Revolt: Sikh Empire: Sudhans of Poonch: Sikh victory: Rebellion suppressed Baltistan Expedition (1840) Sikh Empire: Maqpon Dynasty: Sikh victory [5] Baltistan and Skardu annexed to the Sikh Empire First Anglo-Afghan War 1 October 1838 – October 1842 British Empire. East India ...
[14] [15] A year later the First Anglo-Sikh War broke out on 11 December 1845. Dhian's elder brother Maharajah Gulab Singh Dogra, was the prime minister of the Sikh empire from 31 January – 9 March 1846, during the First Anglo-Sikh War, and then became the first emperor of Jammu and Kashmir on 16 March 1846, by the Treaty of Amritsar.