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Sikh Empire

Overview

The Sikh Empire was a regional power based in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. It existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered by the British East India Company following the Second Anglo-Sikh War. At its peak in the mid-19th century the empire extended from Gilgit and Tibet in the north to the deserts of Sindh in the south and from the Khyber Pass in the west to the Sutlej in the east, and was divided into eight provinces. Religiously diverse, with an estimated population of 4.5 million in 1831, it was the last major region of the Indian subcontinent to be annexed by the British Empire.

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Borders & accuracy

Approximate borders

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

  • SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
  • DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
  • SNAPSHOT1839
  • POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire19

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

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67.7°,27.4° → 78.9°,36.8°WARS-ATLAS / EMPIRE / ASIA-SIKH-EMPIRE

Cite as: Sikh Empire (1799 – 1849). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/asia-sikh-empire · Sources & methodology