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Whereas certain differences subsisted between the British Government and Maharajah Runjeet Singh, of Lahore, regarding the affairs of the Sikh Chiefs east of the Sutlej; and whereas a friendly explanation has now ensued, the said differences have been adjusted, and the following …
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Treaty of Peace between the Honorable East-India Company and Maharajah Dulleep Singh Bahadur, concluded at Lahore, on the 9th of March 1846. Whereas the treaty of amity and concord which was concluded between the British Government and the late Maharajah Runjeet Singh, the Ruler …
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It afterwards became a great political power, and in the latter part of the 18th century rose into a Sikh kingdom under Ranjit Singh.
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RANJIT SINGH (1780-1839), the founder of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab, was born at Gujranwala on the 2nd of November 1780.
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He was the only son of Maha Singh, chief of the Sukerchakia misl.
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Ranjit Sing was the founder of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab, and one of the most remarkable Asiatic rulers of the nineteenth century. The story of his life is the story of the rise of his people from a confederation of warring chieftains into a single state.