The empire existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered in the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
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The empire existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered in the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
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Sikh empire began to modernise his army, using the latest training as well as weapons and artillery.
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The Sikh community did not have any further issues with the Mughal empire until the death of Jahangir in 1627.
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Sikh empire executed Wazir Khan in revenge for the deaths of Guru Gobind Singh's sons and Pir Budhu Shah after the Sikh victory at Sirhind.
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Sikh empire ruled the territory between the Sutlej river and the Yamuna river, established a capital in the Himalayas at Lohgarh and struck coinage in the names of Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh.
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Formal start of the Sikh Empire began with the unification of the Misls by 1801, creating a unified political state.
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Main geographical footprint of the Sikh empire was from the Punjab region to Khyber Pass in the west, to Kashmir in the north, Sindh in the south, and Tibet in the east.
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Sikh empire served as governor of Kashmir and Hazara and established a mint on behalf of the Sikh empire to facilitate revenue collection.
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Sikh empire was finally dissolved at the end of the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849 into separate princely states and the British province of Punjab.
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