Treaty of Amritsar (1846)

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The Treaty of Amritsar (1846) was an agreement between the British East India Company and Gulab Singh of Jammu that transferred control of Kashmir to him, effectively establishing the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir under Dogra rule.

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Treaty of Amritsar (1846) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
administeredByAfterTreaty Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: princely state of Jammu and Kashmir
beneficiary Gulab Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ
category 1846 in India ⓘ
Kashmir conflict ⓘ
surface form: History of Jammu and Kashmir

Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: Treaties of British India
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
concludedAfter First Anglo-Sikh War ⓘ
countryAtTime British India ⓘ
dateSigned 1846-03-16 ⓘ
geopoliticalContext The Great Game ⓘ
surface form: Great Game in Central Asia
grantedTitle Raja of Jammu ⓘ
surface form: Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
historicalPeriod British colonial rule in India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
legalNature cession treaty ⓘ
sale and transfer agreement ⓘ
legalStatusCreated princely state under British suzerainty ⓘ
longTermConsequence basis for later disputes over Kashmir ⓘ
foundation of modern territorial entity of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
partyRepresentingBritish British East India Company ⓘ
politicalEffect consolidation of Dogra dynasty rule ⓘ
expansion of British influence in the Himalayas ⓘ
reduction of Sikh Empire territory ⓘ
precededBy Treaty of Lahore (1846) ⓘ
region Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region

western Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Western Himalayas
relatedDocument Treaty of Lahore (1846) ⓘ
relatedToDynasty Dogra dynasty of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Dogra dynasty
relatedToRuler Maharaja Gulab Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn beginning of Dogra rule in Kashmir ⓘ
creation of princely state of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
transfer of Kashmir to Gulab Singh ⓘ
signatory British East India Company ⓘ
Gulab Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ
signatoryTitleOfGulabSingh Raja of Jammu ⓘ
signedIn Amritsar ⓘ
subjectOf historiography of Kashmir conflict ⓘ
territoryTransferred Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
surface form: Baltistan

Jammu ⓘ
Kashmir Valley ⓘ
Ladakh ⓘ

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Treaty of Lahore (1846) → followedBy → Treaty of Amritsar (1846) ⓘ
Dogra dynasty of Jammu and Kashmir → establishedByTreaty → Treaty of Amritsar (1846) ⓘ