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...Anglo Sikh war. As the hostilities ended, he was deported to Europe by the British in July 1846.

...ler secured the greater part of the territory which had been scixed by the British.

<!----------The relationship between the Sikhs and the British goes back to the late 1700s. During ...regular battalion, the Regiment of Ferozepore, for service with the Bengal Army of the East India Company.

...1848 between British and Sikh forces during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough, while the Sikhs were led by Sher Singh Attariwa ...he Punjab, using the Sikh army, the Khalsa to maintain order and implement British policy. There was much unrest over this arrangement and the other galling t

...fantry, joined the Khalsa army in 1843. He was killed fighting against the British in the first AngIo-Sikh war (1845-46).

...Later, he was promoted a colonel in General Court's brigade. According to British records, he commanded four regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, ...d in the service of the Lahore Darbar after the reorganization of the Sikh army under the treaty of

...art of the Khalsa, the army of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab. The British army won an untidy encounter battle, suffering heavy casualties. ...ictories they sought protection from the British. It was a policy that the British had used well to spread their control of India, a policy called divide and

The 32nd Sikh Pioneers were a regiment of the Indian Army during British rule. The regiment was founded in 1857 as the Punjab Sappers (Pioneers). Af

...aign of 183839. He also commanded the cavalry division of Sir Hugh Gough's army in the campaign against the Marathas of Gwalior at the close of 1843. In t ...he field like lightning and their Khalsa warcries so frightened the entire British cavalry brigade as if they had seen a ghost. They fled, galloping their own

...from Lahore (1839); despatches of Wade, Clerk, Mackeson and other British functionaries dealing with ...at Lahore, AngloSikh relations, the SikhAfghan boundaries, passage of the British troops and convoys through the heart of the Punjab and the Punjab Intellige

...s a traitor, have pressed his attack, he would have certainly defeated the British ...ts own ambitions for plunder and glory into crossing the Sutlej River into British territory.

...ent of India was formed from the 2nd Punjab Regiment of the British Indian Army in 1947 ...ed Pakistan army, while the 2nd Punjab Regiment was retained in the Indian Army. There were transfers of troops between the regiments and other regiments t

...a band of mountain robbers in south India and then took up service in the army of the Nizam of Hyderabad as a gunner, but soon afterwards came to Delhi ...desh. Serving under her for six years, Thomas left her to join the Maratha army under Appa Khande Rao, He raised troops for the Marathas and instructed the

...s, was compiled by Henry Thoby Prinsep (1793-1878), a civil servant of the British East India Company, who later rose to be a member of the Legislative Counci ...British Governor General, Lord William Bentinck, in October 1831, and the British treaties with the Amirs of Sindh in April, 1832.

...ns were well represented in those who were transported from the Punjab to British [[East Africa]] to help in the building of strategic railways built to prov

...ond AngloSikh war, Diwan Hakim Rai sided with the rebel forces against the British. Consequently, all his estates were confiscated after the annexation of the

...who had resigned. He was accompanied by Lt William Anderson, of the Bengal army, the new governor designate Kahn Singh, and an escort of Sikh troops from L ...clamations in the name of Mul Raj, inviting the people to rise against the British. The same day, the Sikh escort from Lahore rebelled. Kahn Singh made terms

...ain ABBOTT to demarcating the boundary between Kashmir and the Punjab. The British government granted him an annual pension of 7, 500 rupees. From April 1849

...clamations in the name of Mul Raj, inviting the people to rise against the British. The same day, the Sikh escort from LAHORE rebelled. Kahn SINGH made terms 1. Bal, S. S., British Policy Towards the Panjab, 1844-49. Calcutta, 1971

...against his enemies. He also volunteered to keep supplying news about the British as well as about the Afghans. Maharaja Ranjit Singh appointed him governor, ...ost Muhammad fled to the mountains, and Harlan quickly shifted over to the British. Thereafter, he left Afghanistan for India from where he proceeded to Phila