⚔ Battle
First Anglo-Sikh War
1845 – present · 📍 Ferozeshah
What it led to: The Sikhs ceded the Jullundur Doab and paid an indemnity.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1839 ⚔ First Anglo-Afghan War begins · Emirate of Afghanistan
- 1839 Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh · Sikh Empire
- 1842 ⚔ British retreat from Kabul · Emirate of Afghanistan
- 1843 ⚔ Annexation of Sindh · British East India Company
- 1846 Jammu & Kashmir granted to Gulab Singh
- 1846 Kot massacre; Rana rule begins in Nepal · Kingdom of Nepal
- 1848 Doctrine of Lapse applied to Satara · British East India Company
- 1849 ⚔ Punjab annexed · British East India Company
Alive at the time
Tyagaraja
1767 – 1847
Carnatic composer, one of the musical Trinity
Lalon Fakirc. 1774 – c. 1890
Baul mystic poet of Bengal
Kunwar Singh1777 – 1858
Octogenarian leader of the 1857 revolt in Bihar
Mirza Ghalib1797 – 1869
Urdu and Persian poet of Delhi
Thomas Babington Macaulay1800 – 1859
Author of the 1835 Minute on Indian Education
Tantia Tope1814 – 1859
Guerrilla commander of the 1857 revolt
Bhanubhakta Acharya1814 – 1868
Adikavi of Nepali who translated the Ramayana
Alexander Cunningham1814 – 1893
Founder of the Archaeological Survey of India
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🗂 Era 1
- Modern IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Sikh EmpireBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 11
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (50 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (27 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (50 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (50 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (16 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (50 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (50 years)
- British East India Company 1600 – 1858Existed at the same time (50 years)
- Maratha Empire 1674 – 1818Existed at the same time (19 years)
- Hyderabad State (Nizams) 1724 – 1948Existed at the same time (50 years)
- Kingdom of Nepal 1816 – 2008Existed at the same time (33 years)
👑 Rulers 4
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1801 – 1839Ruled it
- Kharak Singh 1839 – 1840Ruled it
- Sher Singh 1841 – 1843Ruled it
- Duleep Singh 1843 – 1849Ruled it
👤 People 1
- Hari Singh Nalwa 1791 – 1837Lived under it
⚔ Events 4
- Ranjit Singh takes Lahore 1799Happened in it
- Treaty of Amritsar fixes the Sutlej frontier 1809Happened in it
- Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1839Happened in it
- First Anglo-Sikh War 1845Happened in it
📚 Books 2
- Ranjit Singh: Maharaja of the Punjab Khushwant SinghRecommended reading
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading