Battle of Gujrat

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Gujrat was a decisive 1849 engagement of the Second Anglo-Sikh War in which British forces crushed the Sikh army, leading to the annexation of the Punjab into British India.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Gujrat canonical	4
Battle of Gujrat (1849)	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Gujarat ⓘ
belligerent	British East India Company ⓘ Sikh Empire ⓘ
cause	continuation of hostilities after the Battle of Chillianwala ⓘ
combatant	British East India Company ⓘ Sikh Empire ⓘ
commander	Lord Dalhousie ⓘ Sher Singh ⓘ surface form: Sher Singh Attariwalla Sir Hugh Gough ⓘ
conflict	Second Anglo-Sikh War ⓘ
consequence	annexation of Punjab to British India ⓘ disbandment of the Sikh Khalsa Army ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
date	21 February 1849 ⓘ
era	British colonial period in India ⓘ
followedBy	surrender of Sikh forces at Rawalpindi ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
involved	British Indian Army ⓘ artillery-intensive engagement ⓘ
location	British India ⓘ Gujrat ⓘ Punjab ⓘ
notableFor	extensive use of British artillery against Sikh positions ⓘ final major battle of the Second Anglo-Sikh War ⓘ
opponent	Khalsa Army ⓘ
outcome	British control consolidated over Punjab ⓘ
partOf	Second Anglo-Sikh War ⓘ surface form: British conquest of the Punjab Second Anglo-Sikh War ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Chillianwala ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
result	annexation of the Punjab by the British ⓘ decisive British victory ⓘ defeat of the Sikh army ⓘ
significance	decisive engagement of the Second Anglo-Sikh War ⓘ led to the end of the Sikh Empire as an independent state ⓘ
theatre	Punjab ⓘ surface form: Punjab region
year	1849 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Colin Campbell → battle → Battle of Gujrat ⓘ

Battle of Chillianwala → followedBy → Battle of Gujrat ⓘ

Second Anglo-Sikh War → majorBattle → Battle of Gujrat ⓘ

Sir Hugh Gough → notableBattle → Battle of Gujrat ⓘ

subject surface form: Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough

Gujrat → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Gujrat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Gujrat (1849)