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title: "Treaty of Amritsar Signed"
year: 1809
country: "British India"
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startDate: "1809-01-01"
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# Treaty of Amritsar Signed

> Ranjit Singh's treaty with the British East India Company established a strategic alliance that defined power dynamics in the Punjab for decades.

## Summary



The Treaty of Amritsar, executed by the British East India Company and Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu after the First Anglo-Sikh War, established the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir under the suzerainty of the British Indian Empire.

## Sources

- [Treaty of Amritsar (1846)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Amritsar_(1846)) - Wikipedia

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