# Canonical recap data for Treaty of Amritsar Signed (1809)
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title: Treaty of Amritsar Signed
subtitle: Ranjit Singh's treaty with the British East India Company established a strategic alliance that defined power dynamics in the Punjab for decades.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1809-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1809
decade: 1800
country:
name: British India
slug: british-india
summaryShort: |-


  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.
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  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.
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heroImageCredit: Surveyed by D. G. Robinson. Copied from the original by Shekh Meea Jan. · via Wikipedia
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
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sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Amritsar_(1846)"
  title: Treaty of Amritsar (1846)
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related: []
categories:
- war
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  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 stat
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