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Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).

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Ranjit Singh

Maharaja of the Sikh Empire from 1801 to 1839

Ranjit Singh was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, in the northwest Indian subcontinent, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839.
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Sikh Empire

Empire on the Indian subcontinent, 1799–1849

The Sikh Empire or Sikh Kingdom was a regional power based in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. It existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered by the British East India Company following the Second…
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