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The First Anglo-Sikh War between the British East India Company and Sikh Empire was fought from 1845 to 1846. It resulted in the victory of Britishers and ended with the signing of Treaty of Lahore in 1846. In the treaty, the Sikhs were made to surrender the valuable region (the Jullundur Doab) between the Beas River and Sutlej River.

Ranjit Singh was the founder and maharaja of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab. He proclaimed himself as the "Maharaja of Punjab", and agreed to a formal ceremony, which was carried out by Baba Sahib Singh Bedi in 1801. His reign introduced reforms, modernisation, investment into infrastructure and general prosperity.

The Battle of Sobraon ended the First Sikh War. It resulted in the defeat of Sikh by East India Company. The Treaty of Lahore was signed on 9 March 1846 after the First Sikh War. As part of the treaty the Sikhs agreed to handover Kashmir and Hazara and Jalandhar Doab to the British.

The Treaty of Lahore was signed on 9 March 1846 after the First Sikh War. As part of the treaty, the Sikhs agreed to handover Kashmir and Hazara and Jalandhar Doab to the British. It was due to this treaty that Kohinoor diamond was handed to the British.

The Discovery of India is a book by Jawahar Lal Nehru.

Language was the basis of the reorganisation of states in India in the year 1956.

Potti Sreeramulu was an activist who demanded the formation of a Telugu-majority state. He died on 16 December 1952 after undertaking a fast-unto-death for the purpose. This resulted in the creation of the first state on a linguistic basis for Telugu speaking people called Andhra State on October 1, 1953. It was later renamed Andhra Pradesh.