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The Punjab, annexed in 1849, is governed …

Years: 1840 - 1851
The Punjab, annexed in 1849, is governed a group of extraordinarily able British officers, serving first the company and later the British crown.

They avoid the administrative mistakes made earlier in Bengal.

A number of reforms are introduced, although local customs are generally respected.

Irrigation projects later in the century will help the Punjab become the granary of northern India.

The respect gained by the new administration can be gauged by the fact that within ten years Punjabi troops will be fighting for the British elsewhere in India to subdue the uprising of 1857-58.

The Punjab is to become the major recruiting area for the British Indian Army, recruiting both Sikhs and Muslims.
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South Asia (1840 - 1851)
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Upper South Asia (1840 - 1851)