Anglo-Sikh Wars

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19th-century conflict war

The Anglo-Sikh Wars were a pair of mid-19th-century conflicts in the Indian subcontinent between the Sikh Empire and the expanding British East India Company that led to the annexation of Punjab into British India.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century conflict → war →
belligerent	British East India Company → Sikh Empire →
cause	expansionist policy of British East India Company → power vacuum after death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh →
colonialPower	British East India Company →
conflictBetween	British East India Company → Sikh Empire →
countryInvolved	Sikh Empire → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
endTime	1849 →
followedBy	full incorporation of Punjab into British India →
genre	military history topic →
hasPart	First Anglo-Sikh War → Second Anglo-Sikh War →
historicalPeriod	British Raj precursor period →
impact	consolidation of British rule in North India → end of independent Sikh rule in Punjab →
languageOfSources	English → Punjabi → Urdu →
location	Indian subcontinent → Punjab region →
militaryTheater	land warfare →
notableCommander	Lal Singh → Sher Singh Attariwalla → Sir Henry Hardinge → Sir Hugh Gough → Tej Singh →
opponent	British Indian Army → Sikh Khalsa Army →
partOf	British conquest of India →
precededBy	expansion of Sikh Empire under Ranjit Singh →
regionAffected	North India → Punjab →
relatedTo	British India → Sikh Empire → history of Punjab →
result	annexation of Punjab by the British → dissolution of the Sikh Empire →
significantEvent	Treaty of Bhyrowal (1846) → Treaty of Lahore (1846) → Treaty of Lahore (1849) →
startTime	1845 →
studiedIn	South Asian history → colonial history of India →
timePeriod	mid-19th century →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Akali Phula Singh ("Anglo-Sikh conflicts") → Sikh Empire → Sikh Empire ("First Anglo-Sikh War") → Sikh Empire ("Second Anglo-Sikh War") →	conflict
Treaty of Lahore (1846) ("First Anglo-Sikh War") →	endedConflict
Anglo-Sikh Wars ("First Anglo-Sikh War") →	hasPart
British East India Company →	involvedInWar
Maharaja Ranjit Singh ("Anglo-Sikh relations") →	militaryConflict
Bengal Army →	participatedIn
Treaty of Lahore (1846) →	partOf
Treaty of Amritsar (1809) ("Anglo-Sikh relations") →	relatedTo