Industrial Age · South Asia · War

1849

Britain Annexes Punjab

March 29, 1849

After the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Sikh empire was annexed outright to British India. The eleven-year-old maharaja Duleep Singh was sent into exile in England and became a Christian; the Koh-i-Noor diamond was sent to Queen Victoria. The last independent power in the subcontinent was gone, and the Company's map was complete.

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Before and after in South Asia

Before: 1845: Anglo-Sikh War Begins
After: May 10, 1857: Indian Rebellion Begins

Before and after in War

Before: May 13, 1846: Mexican-American War Declared
After: January 11, 1850: Taiping Rebellion Begins

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Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.