First Anglo-Sikh war | |||||||||
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Sketch Map to Illustrate the First Anglo-Sikh War around Sobraon in early 1846, from 'A Short History of the Sikhs' (1915), by Charles Herbert Payne | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
East India Company Supported by; Patiala State[1]Jind State[2] |
Sikh Empire Supported by; Ladwa State | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Sir Hugh Gough Sir Henry Hardinge George Broadfoot † Sir Walter Gilbert Sir Henry Lawrence Robert Henry Dick † Sir Harry Smith |
Maharani Jind Kaur |
The first Anglo-Sikh war was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company in 1845 and 1846 around the Ferozepur district of Punjab. It resulted in the defeat and partial subjugation of the Sikh empire and cession of Jammu & Kashmir as a separate princely state under British suzerainty.