Historical Era · 1799 – 1849 — Maharaja Ranjit Singh and successors
Sikh Empire
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The life of Ranjit Sing reflects the rise of the Sikh people from a confederation of warring chieftains into a single state.
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Ranjit Sing is described as one of the most remarkable Asiatic rulers of the nineteenth century.
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Ranjit Sing was the founder of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab.
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Nanak, the leader of the Sikhs, was born in 1469 at Talwandi, near Lahore, in the Punjab.
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The Sikhs are characterized as a society or polity formed for religious and political purposes, rather than a tribe or sect.
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Ranjit Singh was the only son of Maha Singh, chief of the Sukerchakia misl.
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Ranjit Singh was born on November 2, 1780, in Gujranwala.
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The Treaty of Lahore followed a previous treaty of amity and concord concluded in 1809 between the British Government and Maharajah Runjeet Singh.
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The Treaty of Lahore was concluded on the 9th of March 1846 between the Honorable East-India Company and Maharajah Dulleep Singh Bahadur.
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The Treaty of Amritsar was established to resolve differences between the British Government and Maharajah Runjeet Singh of Lahore regarding the Sikh Chiefs east of the Sutlej.