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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.
The religious demography of the Sikh Empire was Muslim (80%), Sikh (10%), Hindu (10%). [199] The Sikh Empire's foundations can be traced back to 1707, following Aurangzeb's death and the decline of the Mughal Empire. As the Mughal power waned, the Dal Khalsa, the Sikh army, fought against Mughal remnants, Rajput leaders, Afghans, and Punjabi ...
Misl or sikh confederacy literal meaning (“fighting clan or fighting band”) which ruled over Punjab region after decline of Mughal Empire, however most of them were founded by Jats. [citation needed] Phulkian Confederacy [22] (Sidhu Jats) Kanhaiya Confederacy [23] (Sandhu Jats) Nakai Confederacy [24] (Sandhu Jats) Shaheedan Confederacy [25 ...
Annexed by the Sikh Empire: Ramgarhia (ਰਾਮਗੜ੍ਹੀਆ Rāmgaṛhī'ā) Jassa Singh: Ramgharia [21] Sri Hargobindpur: Jodh Singh Tara Singh Mangal Singh: 3,000 5,000 Batala, Urmar Tanda, Dasuya, Ghoman [22] Hoshiarpur district, Gurdaspur district, Jalandhar district, north of Amritsar: Annexed by the Sikh Empire: Singhpuria
Peshawar becomes part of the Sikh Empire. 1836: 18 February: Ramakrishna is born [47] (to 1886) 1837: 18 February: Hari Singh Nalwa, commander of the Sikh Khalsa Army defeats the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Jamrud and extends the frontier of Sikh Empire to beyond the Indus River right up to the mouth of the Khyber Pass. 1845: 11 December
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Ahmed Shah entered the city on 12 January 1748, and set free Moman Khan and Lakhpat Rai. He then ordered a general massacre. Towards evening, the prominent leaders of the city including Moman Khan, Lakhpat Rai and Surat Singh collected a sum of three million rupees and offered it as expenses to Abdali, requesting him to halt the looting and ...
Amritsar, Lahore, and other large cities across the Sikh Empire were illuminated for two months afterwards in rejoicing over the victory. [46] After his defeat at Attock, Fateh Khan fought off an attempt by Ali Shah , the ruler of Persia , and his son Ali Mirza to capture the Durrani province of Herat , which left their newly captured province ...