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Capture of Punjab

Name: Capture of Punjab – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / Sikh War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1846–1849Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1846

James Dalhousie1846

Punjab · Warfare / Sikh War, 1st

Launches an invasion in order to destroy Sikh power in India

1849

James DalhousieMarch 1849

Punjab · Warfare / Sikh War, 1st

The British capture the Punjab

John Russell Kingston, 1stMarch 1849

Punjab · Warfare / Sikh War, 1st

The British capture the Punjab

Names involved

James DalhousieJohn Russell Kingston, 1st

Provenance

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