Sikh Empire

E13918
historical empire monarchy state

The Sikh Empire was a powerful 19th-century kingdom in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, founded by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and known for its military strength, administrative reforms, and religious tolerance.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Sikh Empire canonical 128
Empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1
Sikh Empire gained strategic dominance at Attock 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical empire ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
state ⓘ
armyCharacteristic modernized with European officers ⓘ
capital Lahore ⓘ
commonLanguage Persian ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
conflict Anglo-Sikh Wars ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars ⓘ
surface form: First Anglo-Sikh War

Anglo-Sikh Wars ⓘ
surface form: Second Anglo-Sikh War
continent Asia ⓘ
currency Sikh rupee ⓘ
dissolved 1849 ⓘ
endTime 1849 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Punjabi people ⓘ
surface form: Punjabis

Sikh people ⓘ
surface form: Sikhs
flag Nishan Sahib-based flag ⓘ
followedBy British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
follows Sikh Confederacy ⓘ
founder Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
inception 1799 ⓘ
knownFor administrative reforms ⓘ
military strength ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
legalSystem Sikh religious law ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
militaryBranch Sikh Confederacy ⓘ
surface form: Khalsa Army
neighbor British East India Company ⓘ
Durrani Empire ⓘ
notableGeneral Akali Phula Singh ⓘ
Hari Singh Nalwa ⓘ
notableRuler Duleep Singh ⓘ
Kharak Singh ⓘ
Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
Sher Singh ⓘ
region northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ
significantEvent Treaty of Amritsar (1809) ⓘ
Treaty of Lahore (1846) ⓘ
startTime 1799 ⓘ
territoryIncludes Hazara ⓘ
Jammu ⓘ
Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Kashmir

Multan ⓘ
Peshawar ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region
titleOfHeadOfState Maharaja ⓘ

Referenced by (136)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Punjab → associatedWith → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Durrani Empire → successor → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Maharaja Ranjit Singh → countryOfCitizenship → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Maharaja Ranjit Singh → founded → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Punjabi people → historicallyRuledBy → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Peshawar → ruledByHistorically → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars → conflictBetween → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars → belligerent → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars → countryInvolved → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars → relatedTo → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Majha → historicalRegionOf → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sikh people → historicalEmpire → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Kashmiris → historicalEmpireRule → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Multan → historicalEra → Sikh Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh Empire period
Duleep Singh → birthPlace → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Duleep Singh → countryOfCitizenship → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Duleep Singh → monarchOf → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Akali Phula Singh → employer → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Akali Phula Singh → countryOfCitizenship → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sikh Confederacy → followedBy → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sikh Confederacy → successorState → Sikh Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh Empire under Ranjit Singh
Sikh rupee → usedIn → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sikh rupee → principalMonetaryUnitOf → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Lahore (1846) → countryAtTime → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Lahore (1846) → signatory → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sher Singh → countryRuled → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Hari Singh Nalwa → employer → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Hari Singh Nalwa → country → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Hari Singh Nalwa → allegiance → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Hari Singh Nalwa → historicalPeriod → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Hazara → historicallyRuledBy → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Kharak Singh → countryOfCitizenship → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Kharak Singh → monarchOf → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Amritsar (1809) → signatoryParty → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Amritsar (1809) → locationSigned → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Amritsar (1809) → party → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Budh Singh → associatedWith → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Budh Singh → historicalContext → Sikh Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh Empire in North India
Lion of Punjab → associatedWith → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Mehtab Kaur → countryOfCitizenship → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Mehtab Kaur → founded → Sikh Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Maharani Jind Kaur → regencyOf → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Maharani Jind Kaur → country → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Kashmir Valley → historicalRuler → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sher-e-Punjab → associatedWithEmpire → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Raj Kaur → countryOfCitizenship → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Gobindgarh Fort → associatedWith → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Punjab, Pakistan → historicallyPartOf → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Bhimsen Thapa → diplomaticRelations → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Battle of Chillianwala → primaryOpposingPower → Sikh Empire ⓘ