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Khalsa Darbar records, also known as Lahore Darbar records, refers to the official government documents produced by the Sikh Empire's administration in India and Pakistan (which was referred to as the Khalsa Darbar or Lahore Darbar). [1] [2] [3] The records cover various aspects of the state, such as civil, military, and revenue administration. [4]
Instability following his death in 1839 contributed to a series of adverse events that led eventually to British control of the Lahore Darbar ten years later. These precipitating factors were the internecine fighting between the Sikhs; several rapid forfeitures of territory by his sons; the intrigues of the Dogras ; and two Anglo-Sikh wars, the ...
Papers relating to the Lahore Darbar (1839–1845) The Ludhiana Agency Papers (1809–1840) Papers relating to Mulraj and the Uprising of Multan (1848) Papers relating to the Second Sikh War, the Uprising of the Hazara under Sardar Chattar Singh and the rebellion of Bhai Maharaj Singh; Papers relating to the First Afghan War (1827–1842)
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 Lahore Fort (Punjabi and Urdu: شاہی قلعہ: Shahi Qila, or "Royal Fort") is a citadel at the northern end of Lahore's Walled City that spreads over an area greater than 20 hectares. [9] It contains 21 notable monuments, some of which date to the era of Emperor Akbar .
Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839) was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, in the northwest Indian subcontinent, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839. Ranjit Singh survived smallpox in infancy but lost sight in his left eye. He fought his first battle alongside his father at age 10.
At this time the glory of the kingdom and grandeur of the court of Lahore was at its zenith. The third daftar in five parts, is the narrative of events from 1831 to the death of Ranjit Singh in 1839. The fourth daftar in three parts, covers the period from 1839 to 1845. These were the most unfortunate years in the history of the Punjab.
Lahore City and Fort, circa 1825 The young Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Sikh ruler of the Punjab. The Sikh Rule in Lahore initiated from the conquest and rule of the Sikh Misls and extended till the Sikh Empire of Ranjit Singh (also known as Punjab, the Sikh Raj, Sarkar Khālsā Rāj, and Sarkar Khalsaji) [1] which ended in 1849. [2]