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Anglo-Sikh Wars

The Anglo-Sikh Wars sequence is a two-volume military history of the conflicts fought between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company in 1845–46 and 1848–49. It follows the political disintegration of the Lahore state after Ranjit Singh, the organisation and battlefield performance of the Khalsa army, British expansion towards the Punjab and the decisions of Sikh and British commanders. Together the books carry the narrative from the crossing of the Sutlej to the surrender and annexation of 1849.

Amarpal Singh combines campaign history with detailed battlefield reconstruction. Eyewitness accounts, contemporary drawings, modern photographs and new maps are used alongside guides to surviving terrain and monuments. The first volume examines Mudki, Ferozeshah, Bhudowal, Aliwal and Sobraon; the second follows the Multan rising and siege, the fighting along the Chenab, Chillianwala and the decisive Battle of Gujrat.

Reading order

Books in this series (2 books)

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1. The First Anglo-Sikh War

Amarpal Singh

First published 2010

4.3(153)

Amarpal Singh reconstructs the crisis that followed the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and brought the Sikh Empire into war with the East India Company in December 1845. The book explains the instability of the Lahore court, the power of the Khalsa army and the roles…

The Second Anglo-Sikh War cover

2. The Second Anglo-Sikh War

Amarpal Singh

First published 2016

4.3(79)

The second volume begins with the restricted Sikh state created after the First Anglo-Sikh War and the British-controlled regency governing for Duleep Singh. It traces the Multan crisis of 1848, the rebellion centred on Dewan Mulraj and Herbert Edwardes's improvised campaigns at Kinyeri and Sadusam. The…