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Maharaja Ranjit SinghSher-e-Punjab

On 7 July 1799 he entered Lahore, the first step to the Sikh empire that ran from the Khyber to Ladakh.

1780–1839 CE; Maharaja 1801–1839

The full life
1Born at Gujranwala on 13 November 1780.
2Took Lahore on 7 July 1799; proclaimed Maharaja in 1801.Maharaja Ranjit Singh
3Added Multan (1818), Kashmir (1819) and Peshawar (1834).Maharaja Ranjit Singh · The Khalsa
4Treaty of Amritsar, 1809, fixed the Sutlej as the border with the British.Maharaja Ranjit Singh · The British
5Died at Lahore on 27 June 1839.Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Sources for these facts

  • Umdat-ut-Tawarikh (Sohan Lal Suri)
  • Treaty of Amritsar, 1809
  • Khushwant Singh, Ranjit Singh: Maharaja of the Punjab (1962)

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