Ranjit Singh’s Relations With The British
Ranjit Singh and British relations can be described as a relation of horse and rider where Ranjit is horse and British were rider
Ranjit Singh and British relations can be described as a relation of horse and rider where Ranjit is horse and British were rider
Territory of Punjab established by Maharaja Ranjit Singh stretched from river Sutlej in the East to Khyber pass in Northwest in 40 years of his life.
After the death of Ranjit Singh the SIKH empire declined at very high speed. The British and SIKH became rivals and fought wars with each other.
After the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh two Anglo Sikh wars were fought between sikh and British which resulted in the end of sikh rule in Punjab and led to annexation of Punjab by British on 29 March 1849.
Punjab saw the growth of education, art and architecture during the medieval period
Social life of Punjab is depicted in the accounts of various scholars like Murray, Jacqueline, Burns etc who visited the court of Ranjit Singh often.
MAP: Important Historical Places Lohgarh; Sarhind; Gujranwala; Lahore; Amritsar; Multan; Peshawar;Sialkot; Ferozepore; Ambala; Gujrat; Mudki; Ludhiana
IMPACT ON INDUSTRIAL SECTOR :- the occupational gap occurred due to lack of skills required in east punjab and west punjab
RURAL REHABILITATION :- People were temporarily allotted evacuee lands which was based on equal distribution of land irrespective of what that owned earlier.
The demand of Azad Punjab among Sikhs before partition and demand of separate Punjabi speaking state