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Regional States : Punjab and Mysore

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*Ranjit Singh was born to the chief of Sukarchakiya Misl on 13th November, 1780. Treaty of Amritsar was signed between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Britishers on 25th April, 1809. Ranjit Singh captured Multan in 1818, Kashmir in 1819 and Peshawar in 1834. *In 1798, Jaman Shah attacked Punjab. While returning, his cannons accidentally fell into the Chenab River. These cannons were sent back to Jaman Shah by Ranjit Singh. Happy with this gesture of Ranjit Singh, Jaman Shah allowed Ranjit Singh to rule Lahore. As a result, in 1799, Ranjit Singh took control of Lahore and made it his Capital. Jaman Shah gave him the title of Raja and assumed him as the Subedar of Lahore. Now both the political capital ‘Lahore’ and religious capital ‘Amritsar’ was under the control of Ranjit Singh. *Ranjit Singh was an able ruler. He once said, “God wants me to see all the religion as one, so he took the light of my other eye”. *Amir Shah Shuza of Afghan gifted Kohinoor to Ranjit Singh. *Khadag Singh succeeded Ranjit Singh after the laters death in 1839. He was an opium addict. During his reign two opposite groups, one consisted of Dogra Brothers - Dhyan Singh, Ghulab Singh and Suchet Singh other included Sandhawaliya Sardar - Chait Singh, Atar Singh, Lahna Singh and his nephew Ajeet Singh, were the main reason of growing chaos in Punjab. *Battle of Chillianwala was fought on 13th January 1849 between English forces led by Lord Gough and Sikh forces led by Sher Singh. The war ended undecided. Lord Dalhousie was the Governor-General of India during this war. *Maharaja Duleep Singh was the last ruler of Sikh Empire. He ruled from 1843 to 1849. He converted to Christianity and travelled to Russia. He died in Paris on 23rd October, 1893. His funeral took place in England. In 1849, after the Anglo-Sikh war, Punjab was annexed by Britishers and Duleep Singh was sent to Britain on a pension

Ranjeet Singh got famous Kohinoor diamond from-

Tipu Sultan set up his capital at

When did Tipu Sultan die at war with the British?

Maharaja Ranjit Singh set up ordnance at Lahore, Amritsar to manufacture cannons. Sawai Jai Singh got translated Euclid’s element of geometry in Sanskrit. He established observatories in Jaipur, Delhi and Varanasi. Tipu Sultan provided money for the construction of the idol of Goddess Sharda in Shringeri temple. Credit for introducing revenue farming in Bengal goes to Murshid Kuli Khan, not Ali Mardan Khan.