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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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AMRITSAR, a city of British India, in the Punjab, the headquarters of a district of the same name. It is situated on the East Indian railway, 32 m. east of Lahore, and contains the famous Golden Temple of the Sikhs.
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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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SIKHISM, a religion of India, founded in the early part of the 16th century by Nanak (1469-1538).
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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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The Sikhs are not a tribe nor a sect, but a society or polity formed for religious and political purposes.
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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.
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The Census of the Punjab Province of British India, taken on the night of the 17th of February 1881, recorded a total population of 18,850,437 persons, of whom 10,142,229 were Hindus, 7,572,063 were Mussalmans, 1,121,549 were Sikhs, and 14,596 were Christians.