Anglo-Sikh wars

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The Anglo–Sikh wars were a series of 1840s conflicts between the British East India Trading Company and the Sikh Empire.

There were two Anglo–Sikh wars:

The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–1846)
The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849)

The Sikh Empire dissolved after defeat in 1849.

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