- British feared of Russian Invasion into its Indian Colony.
- Thus,planned for protecting for its own cause.(or gain control over Punjab).
- In 1832,1839—Amirs of SINDH signed Subsidiary Treaty with EEIC(Sir Charles Napier).
1st SIKH WAR:
PERIOD:
1845-1846
REASONS:
1. In
1839-Ranjit Singh(Amir of Punjab) died.
2. War of
Succession arose.
3. People
were unrest and protested against the government for mismanagement.\
COARSE OF WAR:
1. In
1845—Lord Gough and Lord Hardinger(Governor General)attacked Punjab.
2. Punjab
with unorganized army and lack of leadership defeated easily by EEIC.
TREATY: Treaty
of LAHORE-1846.
2nd SIKH WAR:
PERIOD:
1848-1849.
REASONS:
1.
Dalhousie became the Governor General-1848.
2.
Introduced Doctrine of lapse.
3.
At that time , Punjab did not have legal heir.
COARSE
OF WAR:
1.
Punjab was annexed by Dalhousie, for void of
proper succession and improper government in Punjab.
2.
Though some government officials and public rose
against the annexation of Punjab~~they were easily suppressed.
3.
John Lawrence became
the first Commissioner of Punjab Province.
No comments:
Post a Comment