The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British Empire, acting through the East India Company, from December 1845 to March 1846 around the Firozpur district of Punjab. After the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1839 the Sikh kingdom fell into political disorder while its army grew rapidly, and the Company strengthened its forces along the Sutlej frontier. The war ended in British victory, with the Sikh defeat at Sobraon in February 1846 as its decisive battle. It resulted in the partial subjugation of the Sikh Empire, the annexation of the Jalandhar Doab and the Cis-Sutlej territories, and the sale of Jammu and Kashmir to Gulab Singh, creating a separate princely state under British suzerainty.
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1. First Anglo-Sikh War (source article)
Lead sentence
was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British Empire
Lead sentence [start-year]
was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British Empire from 1845 to 1846
Infobox, casualties
2,591 killed
Infobox, casualties [death-toll-min]
10,300 killed
Infobox: date
11 December 1845-9 March 1846
Infobox: result
British victory
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