The Punjab, annexed in 1849, is governed…

1840 CE to 1851 CE

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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Lahore Punjab Pakistan View →

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Sindhi people View → Muslims, Sunni View → Muslims, Shi'a View → Sikhs View → Sindh, Kingdom of View → East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies) View → Russian Empire View → India, East India Company rule in View → Persia, Qajarid Kingdom of View → Sikh Empire View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Punjab, Sikh Kingdom of the View → Jammu, Dogra Kingdom of the View → Punjab Province View →

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Colonization of Asia, British View → Great Game, The View → Anglo-Afghan War, First View →

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Water View → Grains and produce View →

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Commerce View → Engineering View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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