Sikh Empire

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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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Sikh Empire period 1
Sikh Empire under Ranjit Singh 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 (31)

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

Hari Singh Nalwa → allegiance → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Punjab → associatedWith → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars → belligerent → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Duleep Singh → birthPlace → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars → conflictBetween → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Hari Singh Nalwa → country → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars → countryInvolved → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Duleep Singh → countryOfCitizenship → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sher Singh → countryRuled → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Akali Phula Singh → employer → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Hari Singh Nalwa → employer → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sikh Confederacy → followedBy → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Maharaja Ranjit Singh → founded → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sikh people → historicalEmpire → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Kashmiris → historicalEmpireRule → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Multan → historicalEra → Sikh Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh Empire period
Hari Singh Nalwa → historicalPeriod → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Majha → historicalRegionOf → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Hazara → historicallyRuledBy → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Punjabi people → historicallyRuledBy → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Duleep Singh → monarchOf → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sikh rupee → principalMonetaryUnitOf → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars → relatedTo → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Peshawar → ruledByHistorically → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Lahore (1846) → signatory → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Durrani Empire → successor → Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sikh Confederacy → successorState → Sikh Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh Empire under Ranjit Singh
Sikh rupee → usedIn → Sikh Empire ⓘ