First Anglo-Sikh war

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 defeat and partial subjugation of the Sikh empire and cession of Jammu & Kashmir as a separate princely state under British suzerainty.

First Anglo-Sikh war

Sketch Map to Illustrate the First Anglo-Sikh War from 'A Short History of the Sikhs' (1915), by Charles Herbert Payne
Date11 December 1845 – 9 March 1846
(2 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Punjab
Result British-Phulkian State victory
Territorial
changes
Jalandhar Doab and Lahore's Cis Sutlej territories annexed by the East India Company and Jammu and Kashmir sold to Gulab Singh
Belligerents

East India Company Supported by;

Patiala State
Jind State

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
Tej Singh
Raja Lal Singh
Sham Singh Attariwala 
Ranjodh Singh Majithia

Ladwa's Raja Ajit Singh
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