The '''Treaty of Lahore ''' of 9 March 1846, was a peace-treaty marking the end of the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]]. The Treaty was concluded, for the British, by the Governor-General [[Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge|Sir Henry Hardinge]] and two officers of the [[British East India Company|East India Company]] and, for the Sikhs, by the seven-year-old [[Duleep Singh|Maharaja Duleep Singh Bahadur]] and seven members of [[Hazara, Pakistan|Hazara]], the territory to the south of the river [[Sutlej]] and the forts and territory in the [[Jalandhar]] [[Doab]] between the rivers Sutlej and [[Beas River|Beas]].<ref>Articles 2, 3 and 4</ref> In addition, controls were placed on the size of the Lahore army and thirty-six field guns were confiscated.<ref>Articles 7 and 8</ref> The control of the rivers Sutlej and Beas and part of the [[River Indus|Indus]] passed to the British, with the proviso that this was not to interfere with the passage of passenger boats owned by the Lahore Government.<ref>Article 9</ref> Also, provision was made for the separate sale of all the hilly regions between River Beas and Indus, including Kashmir, by the East India Company at a later date to [[Gulab Singh]], the Raja of Jammu.<ref>Article 12</ref>
==The Anglo-Sikh treaties of 1846==
{{Infobox treaty
| name = Treaty of Lahore
| long_name = Treaty of Peace Between the British Government and the State of Lahore
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| caption = Surrender of [[Duleep Singh|Maharaja Duleep Singh]] to [[Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge|Henry Hardinge]] at [[Lahore]] ({{circa|1846}})
| type = [[Peace treaty]]
| context = [[First Anglo-Sikh War]]
| date_drafted = 9 March 1846
| date_signed = {{Start date and age|1846|03|09|df=y}}
| location_signed = [[Lahore]], [[Sikh Empire]]
| date_sealed = 11 March 1846 (with supplementary articles)
| date_effective = 9 March 1846
| condition_effective =
| amendment =
| signatories = {{ubl|[[East India Company]]{{efn|On behalf of the [[Government of the United Kingdom|British government]]}}|[[Sikh Empire#Administration and state|Khalsa Darbar]]{{efn|Imperial court of the Sikh Empire; signed by seven members from [[Hazara region|Hazara]], [[Malwa (Punjab)|Malwa]], and [[Doaba|Bist Doab]]}}}}
| depositor = [[Government of the United Kingdom]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
}}
===Background===
The '''Treaty of Lahore''' of 9 March 1846 was a peace treaty marking the end of the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]]. The treaty was concluded, for the British, by the Governor-General [[Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge|Sir Henry Hardinge]] and two officers of the [[East India Company]] and, for the Sikhs, by the seven-year-old [[Duleep Singh|Maharaja Duleep Singh]] and seven members of [[Hazara region|Hazara]], the territory to the south of the river [[Sutlej]] and the forts and territory in the [[Jalandhar]] [[Doab]] between the rivers Sutlej and [[Beas River|Beas]].<ref>Articles 2, 3 and 4</ref> In addition, controls were placed on the size of the Lahore army and thirty-six field guns were confiscated.<ref>Articles 7 and 8</ref> The control of the rivers Sutlej and Beas and part of the [[River Indus|Indus]] passed to the British, with the Provision that this was not to interfere with the passage of passenger boats owned by the Lahore Government.<ref>Article 9</ref> Also, provision was made for the separate sale of all the hilly regions between River Beas and Indus, including Kashmir, by the East India Company at a later date to [[Gulab Singh]], the Raja of Jammu.<ref>Article 12</ref>
{{see also|First Anglo-Sikh War}}
[[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sukerchakia]] had made [[Lahore]] the capital of the [[Sikh Empire]] of the [[Punjab region|Punjab]], which he built up between 1799 and his death in 1839. After his death, factions and assassinations destroyed the unity of the State, causing alarm to the British because it weakened the buffer against the perceived threat of invasion from the north. Provocative acts by both the British and the Sikhs escalated tension and, on 13 December 1845, Hardinge issued a proclamation declaring war on the Sikhs.<ref>All About Sikhs [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/historical-events/historical-sikh-events-the-first-anglo-sikh-war The First Anglo-Sikh War]</ref>
During the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]], the British came close to defeat at the [[Battle of Ferozeshah]], but were eventually victorious. After the defeat of the Sikhs at the [[Battle of Sobraon]], the British marched unopposed into Lahore on 20{{nbsp}}February 1846.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_279.gif Punjab - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 273.]</ref>
During the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]], Maharaja [[Gulab Singh]] Jamwal (Dogra) helped the British Empire against the Sikhs.<ref name=fenech>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA128 |title= Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |page=130 |author= Fenech, E. Louis |author2= Mcleod, H. W. |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield |isbn= 978-1-4422-3601-1 |date=2014-06-11}}</ref><ref name=chh/><ref name=brown1>{{Cite book|url=https://docs.google.com/?tab=wo&authuser=0#folders/0BxkGkCUURXBlYWYwMjBkZmItZDcxYS00MDFiLWI5ZTUtNGIwODQxNzBlYzFm|title=The Gilgit Rebellion 1947|author=William A. Brown}}</ref><ref name=gupte>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OOmK1lPWq80C&dq=Gulab+Singh+helped+the+british&pg=PA266|title= Mother India: A Political Biography of Indira Gandhi|page=266|author=Pranay Gupte|date= 15 February 2012|isbn= 9780143068266}}</ref><ref name=wolpert>{{Cite book|title=India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict Or Cooperation?|author=Stanley Wolpert|page=21}}</ref><ref name=snedden>{{Cite book|title=Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris|author=Christopher Snedden|page=67}}</ref><ref name=bawa>{{Cite book|title= The Jammu Fox: A Biography of Maharaja Gulab Singh of Kashmir, 1792-1857|authors=Bawa, Satinder Singh Bawa, Bawa Satinder Singh Southern Illinois University Press, 1974 - Biography & Autobiography|page=263}}</ref><ref name=rai>{{Cite book|title=Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir|author=Mridu Rai|page=20}}</ref><ref name=khan>{{Cite book|title=The Concept, Volume 26, Issues 1-6|author=Raja Afsar Khan, 2006 - Islam|page=42}}</ref><ref name=kumar>{{Cite book|title=Anglo-American Plot Against Kashmir|author=Vijay Kumar|page=10|publisher=People's Publishing House, 1954 - Jammu and Kashmir}}</ref><ref name=sufi1>{{Cite book|title=Kashir, Being a History of Kashmir from the Earliest Times to Our Own, Volume 2|author=G. M. D. Sufi|publisher= Light & Life Publishers, 1974 - Jammu and Kashmir}}</ref><ref name=:218>{{Cite book|title=Gulab Singh of Jammu, Ladakh, and Kashmir, 1792-1846 University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1966|author=Satinder Singh Bawa|page=218}}</ref> After the defeat of the Sikh Empire The Treaty of Lahore (9 March 1846) and the [[Treaty of Amritsar (1846)]] (16 March 1846) were signed. As part of The Treaty of Lahore, signed between the 7 year old Maharaja [[Duleep Singh]] (Sikh) (4 September 1838 – 22 October 1893) and the British Empire on (9 March 1846), Jammu was taken over by the British Empire on paper.<ref name=fenech/><ref name=chh/><ref name=brown1/><ref name=gupte/><ref name=wolpert/><ref name=snedden/><ref name=bawa/><ref name=rai/><ref name=khan/><ref name=kumar/><ref name=sufi1/><ref name=:218/>
==Background==
Article 12 of the Treaty of Lahore stated:
[[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sukerchakia]] had made Lahore the capital of the [[Sikh Empire]] of the [[Punjab region|Punjab]], which he built up between 1799 and his death in 1839. After his death, factions and assassinations destroyed the unity of the State, causing alarm to the British because it weakened the buffer against the perceived threat of invasion from the north. Provocative acts by both the British and the Sikhs escalated tension and, on 13 December 1845, Hardinge issued a proclamation declaring war on the Sikhs.<ref>All About Sikhs [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/historical-events/historical-sikh-events-the-first-anglo-sikh-war The First Anglo-Sikh War]</ref>{{bsn|date=August 2025}}
"In consideration of the services rendered by Rajah Golab Sing of Jummoo, to the Lahore State, towards procuring the restoration of the relations of amity between the Lahore and British Governments, the Maharajah hereby agrees to recognize the Independent sovereignty of Rajah Golab Sing in such territories and districts in the hills as may be made over to the said Rajah Golab Sing, by separate Agreement between himself and the British Government, with the dependencies thereof, which may have been in the Rajah's possession since the time of the late Maharajah Khurruck Sing, and the British Government, in consideration of the good conduct of Rajah Golab Sing, also agrees to recognize his independence in such territories, and to admit him to the privileges of a separate Treaty with the British Government."
Then as part of the [[Treaty of Amritsar (1846)]] Maharaja [[Gulab Singh]] Jamwal agreed to serve the British Empire under Article 6: "Maharajah [[Gulab Singh]] engages for himself and heirs to join, with the whole of his Military Forces, the British troops when employed within the hills or in the territories adjoining his possessions." and in exchange under Article 9 "The British Government will give its aid to Maharajah [[Gulab Singh]] in protecting his territories from external enemies."<ref name=fenech/><ref name=chh/><ref name=brown1/><ref name=gupte/><ref name=wolpert/><ref name=snedden/><ref name=bawa/><ref name=rai/><ref name=khan/><ref name=kumar/><ref name=sufi1/><ref name=:218/> After which the Dogras served the British Empire in the Indian Rebellion and in the various wars.<ref name=fenech/><ref name=chh/><ref name=brown1/><ref name=gupte/><ref name=wolpert/><ref name=snedden/><ref name=bawa/><ref name=rai/><ref name=khan/><ref name=kumar/><ref name=sufi1/><ref name=:218/> Hence a large percentage of the Kashmiris fought in the First World War and in the Second World Wars, as part of the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces and directly with the Royal Navy, The British Army, the merchant navy and Gilgit Scouts as mentioned by Major William A. Brown in his book ''The Gilgit Rebellion'' 1947.
During the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]], the British came close to defeat at the [[Battle of Ferozeshah]], but were eventually victorious. After the defeat of the Sikhs at the [[Battle of Sobraon]], the British marched unopposed into Lahore on 20{{nbsp}}February 1846.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_279.gif Punjab - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 273.]</ref>
[[File:The surrender of Maharajah Duleep Singh to Sir Henry Hardinge, February 1846. Drawn by Hablot K. Browne, engraved by Browne and R. Young, circa 1846 (cropped).jpg|thumb|The surrender of Maharajah Duleep Singh to Sir Henry Hardinge, 1846. Drawn by [[Hablot Knight Browne|Hablot K. Browne]], Lahore, 1846]]
Hence 1.1 million Kashmiris now live in the UK. The high taxes to support these wars were resented by all the Kashmiris including the Hindus, Muslims and the Sikhs.<ref name=fenech/><ref name=chh/><ref name=brown1/><ref name=gupte/><ref name=wolpert/><ref name=snedden/><ref name=bawa/><ref name=rai/><ref name=khan/><ref name=kumar/><ref name=sufi1/><ref name=:218/> And combined with the tens of thousands of trained men, coming back from the Second World War generated a highly volatile situation in 1947.<ref name=brown1/>
The peace was negotiated and drafted by [[Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet|Frederick Currie]], assisted on military matters by Brevet-Major [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence|Henry Lawrence]], acting under powers vested in them by Hardinge. Currie's diplomatic skills so impressed Hardinge that the British authorities rewarded him with a [[Currie baronets|baronetcy]] in January 1847.
Lacking the resources to occupy such a large region immediately after annexing portions of Punjab, the British got [[Gulab Singh]] pay 75 thousand Nanakshahee Rupees for the war-indemnity. The angry courtiers of Lahore (particularly the baptized Sikh, Lal Singh) then incited the governor of Kashmir to rebel against [[Gulab Singh]], but this rebellion was defeated, thanks in great part to the action of [[Herbert Benjamin Edwardes|Herbert Edwardes]], Assistant Resident at Lahore. The Kashmiris also rebelled throughout Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=brown1/>
On 11{{nbsp}}March 1846, two days after signature of the treaty, a supplement, comprising eight Articles of Agreement, was signed by the same parties.<ref name=ToL>{{citation |last=Aitchison |first=C. U. |title=A Collection of Treaties and Sanads, Vol. 1 |publisher=Central Publication Branch of the Government of India |year=1930 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.235890 |via=Internet Archive |pages=50–54}}</ref> It provided that a British force would remain in Lahore until no longer than the end of the year "for the purpose of protecting the person of the Maharajah and the inhabitants of the city of Lahore, during the reorganization of the Sikh Army". This supplementary agreement was at the request of the Lahore Durbar. The Lahore army would vacate the city, convenient quarters would be provided for the British troops and the Lahore Government would pay the extra expenses.<ref>Article 1 to 4 of the supplementary Agreement</ref>
[[Image:Forced Labor of Muslim Women by Dogra ruler in 1930 before Kashmir agitation.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|right|Forced Labor of kashmiri people by Dogra ruler]]
To pay for this, from the very start the Kashmiris were heavily taxed and complained of being sold into slavery and extensive literature was written by the British writers regarding these treaties<ref name=fenech/><ref name=chh>{{Cite book|title=Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume-2: 1803-1920)|page=188|author=G. S. Chhabra}}</ref><ref name=brown1/><ref name=TGR1>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gilgit-Rebellion-Major-Mutinied-Partition-ebook/dp/B00OZ3HYV6|title=The Gilgit Rebellion 1947|author=William A. Brown}}</ref><ref name=gupte/><ref name=wolpert/><ref name=snedden/><ref name=bawa/><ref name=rai/><ref name=khan/><ref name=kumar/><ref name=sufi1/><ref name=:218/> The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) abolished slavery throughout the British Empire. The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) came into force before the [[Treaty of Amritsar (1846)]] was signed (16 March 1846). As far back as 1868 in the book Cashmere Misgovernment, Robert Thorp stated that the people of Kashmir were sold into slavery to [[Gulab Singh]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dNPFmgEACAAJ|title=Cashmere Misgovernment|pages=2–|author=Robert Thorp|year=1868}}</ref> Arthur Brinkman in his paper "The Wrongs of Cashmere" written in December 1867, also states he: "informs the reader of the wretched condition of a people we sold against their inclination, and their united cry to us." Arthur Brinkman was an Anglican Missionry and the Anglican Missionary Groups had worked with the Anti Slavery Society to push for The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 a few years earlier<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Global History of Anti-Slavery Politics in the Nineteenth Century
|pages=152–|author=W. Mulligan, M. Bric}}</ref>
===Peace treaty===
The Agreement also provided that the British would respect the ''bona fide'' rights of [[jagir]]dars in the Lahore territories and would assist the Lahore Government in recovering the arrears of revenue justly due to the Lahore Government from the kardars<ref>kardar: an official entrusted with the collection of tax</ref> and managers in the territories ceded by the provisions of Articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty.<ref>Articles 5 and 6 of the supplementary Agreement</ref>
The peace treaty was negotiated and drafted by [[Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet|Frederick Currie]], assisted on military matters by Brevet-Major [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence|Henry Lawrence]], acting under powers vested in them by Hardinge. Currie's diplomatic skills so impressed Hardinge that the British authorities rewarded him with a [[Currie baronets|baronetcy]] in January 1847.
On 11{{nbsp}}March 1846, two days after signature of the Treaty, a supplement, comprising eight Articles of Agreement, was signed by the same parties.<ref name=ToL/> It provided that a British force would remain in Lahore until no longer than the end of the year "for the purpose of protecting the person of the Maharajah and the inhabitants of the City of Lahore, during the reorganization of the Sikh Army". This supplementary agreement was at the request of the Lahore Durbar. The Lahore army would vacate the City, convenient quarters would be provided for the British troops and the Lahore Government would pay the extra expenses.<ref>Article 1 to 4 of the supplementary Agreement</ref>
==Treaty of Amritsar==
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The Agreement also provided that the British would respect the ''bona fide'' rights of [[jagir]]dars in the Lahore territories and would assist the Lahore Government in recovering the arrears of revenue justly due to the Lahore Government from the kardars<ref>kardar: an official entrusted with the collection of tax</ref> and managers in the territories ceded by the provisions of Articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty.<ref>Articles 5 and 6 of the supplementary Agreement</ref>
===The Treaty of Amritsar===
The British demanded payment of 15 million rupees<ref>these were Nanak Shahi Rupaiya, the main currency of the Sikh Empire, named after the first Guru of the Sikhs</ref> (one and a half crore) as reparations for the cost of the war. As the Lahore Government was unable to pay the whole of this sum immediately, it ceded some of the territories mentioned above, including Hazara and Kashmir, as equivalent to 10 million rupees (one crore). The Maharaja was also required to pay 6 million rupees (60 lakhs) immediately.<ref>Articles 4 and 5 of the Treaty</ref>
The British demanded payment of 15 million rupees<ref>these were Nanak Shahi Rupaiya, the main currency of the Sikh Empire, named after the first Guru of the Sikhs</ref> (one and a half crore) as reparations for the cost of the war. As the Lahore Government was unable to pay the whole of this sum immediately, it ceded some of the territories mentioned above, including Hazara and Kashmir, as equivalent to 10 million rupees (one crore). The Maharaja was also required to pay 6 million rupees (60 lakhs) immediately.<ref>Articles 4 and 5 of the Treaty</ref>
The British then sold Kashmir to the Raja of Jammu, [[Gulab Singh]], for 7.5 million rupees (75 lakhs). The treaty of sale was concluded on 16{{nbsp}}March 1846, in the [[Treaty of Amritsar, 1846|Treaty of Amritsar]] and signed by Gulab Singh, Hardinge, Currie and Lawrence.<ref>Kashmir Legal Documents [http://www.kashmir-information.com/LegalDocs/TreatyofAmritsar.html Treaty of Amritsar] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105164806/http://www.kashmir-information.com/LegalDocs/TreatyofAmritsar.html |date=5 January 2009 }}</ref> Gulab Singh thus became the founder and first Maharaja of the [[Kashmir and Jammu (princely state)|princely state of Kashmir and Jammu]].
The British then sold Kashmir to the Raja of Jammu, [[Gulab Singh]], for 7.5 million rupees (75 lakhs). The treaty of sale was concluded on 16{{nbsp}}March 1846, in the [[Treaty of Amritsar, 1846|Treaty of Amritsar]] and signed by Gulab Singh, Hardinge, Currie and Lawrence.<ref>Kashmir Legal Documents [http://www.kashmir-information.com/LegalDocs/TreatyofAmritsar.html Treaty of Amritsar] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105164806/http://www.kashmir-information.com/LegalDocs/TreatyofAmritsar.html |date=5 January 2009 }}</ref> Gulab Singh thus became the founder and first Maharaja of the [[Kashmir and Jammu (princely state)|princely state of Kashmir and Jammu]].
===The Treaty of Bhyroval===
==Treaty of Bhairowal==
The supplementary Articles of Agreement had specified that the British troops would remain in Lahore until no later than the end of 1846. When the time approached for the British to leave, the Durbar requested that the troops should remain until the Maharaja attained the age of 16. The British consented to this and new articles of agreement were drawn up, forming the Treaty of Bhyroval.<ref>All About Sikhs [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/historical-events/anglo-sikh-treaty5-1846 The Treaty of Bhyroval]</ref> This was signed on 26 December 1846, by Currie, Lawrence and 13 members of the Durbar and later ratified by Hardinge and the young Maharaja..
[[File:Painting of the signing of the Treaty of Bhairowal on 26 December 1846 between the Sikh Empire and British East India Company.jpg|thumb|Painting of the signing of the Treaty of Bhairowal on 26 December 1846 between the Sikh Empire and British East India Company]]
The supplementary Articles of Agreement had specified that the British troops would remain in Lahore until no later than the end of 1846. When the time approached for the British to leave, the Durbar requested that the troops should remain until the Maharaja attained the age of 16. The British consented to this and new articles of agreement were drawn up, forming the Treaty of Bhairowal.<ref>All About Sikhs [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/historical-events/anglo-sikh-treaty5-1846 The Treaty of Bhairowal]</ref>{{bsn|date=August 2025}} This was signed on 26 December 1846, by Currie, Lawrence and 13 members of the Durbar and later ratified by Hardinge and the young Maharaja on the left bank of River Beas.. Actual location is Verowal district Tarn Taran in modern Panjab. (Location is confirmed in Sir HENRY HARDINGE's private correspondence and in testimony by an old Sikh person to Karam Singh historian in 1905 who was there during this treaty in Sikh Army. Details collected by Gurdev Singh Nagoke )
A key condition of the British agreement was that a Resident British officer, with an efficient establishment of assistants, was to be appointed by the Governor-General to remain at Lahore, with "full authority to direct and control all matters in every Department of the State".<ref>Article 2 of the Treaty of Bhairowal</ref> The Regent, Maharani Jindan Kaur, mother of the Maharaja, was awarded an annual pension of 150,000 rupees and replaced by a Council of Regency composed of leading Chiefs and Sirdars acting under the control and guidance of the British Resident.<ref>Articles 4, 5 and 10 of the Treaty of Bhairowal</ref> This effectively gave the British control of the Government.
A key condition of the British agreement was that a Resident British officer, with an efficient establishment of assistants, was to be appointed by the Governor-General to remain at Lahore, with "full authority to direct and control all matters in every Department of the State".<ref>Article 2 of the Treaty of Bhyroval</ref> The Regent, Maharani Jindan Kaur, mother of the Maharaja, was awarded an annual pension of 150,000 rupees and replaced by a Council of Regency composed of leading Chiefs and Sirdars acting under the control and guidance of the British Resident.<ref>Articles 4, 5 and 10 of the Treaty of Bhyroval</ref> This effectively gave the British control of the Government.
==See also==
*[[Treaty of Amritsar (1809)]]
==Text of the 1846 Treaty of Lahore as signed on March 9, 1846==
==References==
Treaty between the British Government and the State of Lahore, 1846.<ref name=ToL>{{cite web|publisher=All About Sikhs |url=http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/historical-events/anglo-sikh-treaty-4-1846 |title=The Lahore Treaty of 1846 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404204044/http://allaboutsikhs.com/historical-events/anglo-sikh-treaty-4-1846 |archivedate=4 April 2014 }}</ref><ref>The British Library, India Office Records</ref>
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{{quote|Whereas the treaty of amity and concord, which was concluded between the British government and the late Maharajah Runjeet Sing, the ruler of Lahore, in 1809, was broken by the unprovoked aggression, on the British Provinces, of the Sikh army, in December last; and whereas, on that occasion, by the proclamation, dated 13th December, the territories then in the occupation of the Maharajah of Lahore, on the left or British bank of the river Sutlej, were confiscated and annexed to the British Provinces; and since that time hostile operations have been prosecuted by the two Governments; the one against the other, which have resulted in the occupation of Lahore by the British troops; and whereas it has been determined that, upon certain conditions, peace shall be re-established between the two Governments, the following treaty of peace between the Honourable East India Company and Maharajah Dhuleep Sing Bahadoor, and his children, heirs and successors, has been concluded on the part of the Honourable Company by Frederick Currie, Esquire, and Brevet-Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence, by virtue of full powers to that effect vested in them by the Right Hon'ble Sir Henry Hardinge, G.C.B., one of her Britannic Majesty's Most Hon'ble Privy Council, Governor-General, appointed by the Honourable Company to direct and control all their affairs in the East Indies, and on the part of His Highness Maharajah Dhuleep Sing by Bhaee Ram Sing, Rajah Lal Sing, Sirdar Tej Sing, Sirdar Chuttur Sing Attareewalla, Sirdar Runjore Sing Majeethia, Dewan Deena Nath and Fakeer Nooroodden, vested with full powers and authority on the part of His Highness.
I. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the British Government on the one part and Maharajah Dhuleep Sing, his heirs and successors on the other.
II. The Maharajah of Lahore renounces for himself, his heirs and successors, all claim to, or connection with, the territories lying to the south of the River Sutlej, and engages never to have any concern with those territories or the inhabitants thereof.
III. The Maharajah cedes to the Hon'ble Company, in perpetual sovereignty, all his forts, territories and rights in the Doab or country, hill and plain, situated between the Rivers Beas and Sutlej.
IV. The British Government having demanded from the Lahore State, as indemnification for the expenses of the war, in addition to the cession of territory described in Article 3, payment of one and half crore of Rupees, and the Lahore Government being unable to pay the whole of this sum at this time, or to give security satisfactory to the British Government for its eventual payment, the Maharajah cedes to the Honourable Company, in perpetual sovereignty, as equivalent for one crore of Rupees, all his forts, territories, rights and interests in the hill countries, which are situated between the Rivers Beas and Indus, including the Provinces of Cashmere and Hazarah.
V. The Maharajah will pay to the British Government the sum of 60 lakhs of Rupees on or before the ratification of this Treaty.
VI. The Maharajah engages to disband the mutinous troops of the Lahore Army, taking from them their arms and His Highness agrees to reorganize the Regular or Aeen Regiments of Infantry upon the system, and according to the Regulations as to pay and allowances, observed in the time of the late Maharajah Runjeet Sing. The Maharajah further engages to pay up all arrears to the soldiers that are discharged, under the provisions of this Article.
VII. The Regular Army of the Lahore State shall henceforth be limited to 25 Battalions of Infantry, consisting of 800 bayonets each with twelve thousand Cavalry - this number at no time to be exceeded without the concurrence of the British Government. Should it be necessary at any time - for any special cause - that this force should be increased, the cause shall be fully explained to the British Government, and when the special necessity shall have passed, the regular troops shall be again reduced to the standard specified in the former Clause of this Article.
VIII. The Maharajah will surrender to the British Government all the guns - thirty-six in number - which have been pointed against the British troops and which, having been placed on the right Bank of the River Sutlej, were not captured at the battle of Subraon.
IX. The control of the Rivers Beas and Sutlej, with the continuations of the latter river, commonly called the Gharrah and the Punjnud, to the confluence of the Indus at Mithunkote and the control of the Indus from Mithunkote to the borders of Beloochistan, shall, in respect to tolls and ferries, rest with the British Government. The provisions of this Article shall not interfere with the passage of boats belonging to the Lahore Government on the said rivers, for the purpose of traffic or the conveyance of passengers up and down their course. Regarding the ferries between the two countries respectively, at the several ghats of the said rivers, it is agreed that the British Government, after defraying all the expenses of management and establishments, shall account to the Lahore Government for one-half the net profits of the ferry collections. The provisions of this Article have no reference to the ferries on that part of the River Sutlej which forms the boundary of Bhawulpore and Lahore respectively.
==Notes==
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X. If the British Government should, at any time, desire to pass troops through the territories of His Highness the Maharajah, for the protection of the British territories, or those of their Allies, the British troops shall, on such special occasion, due notice being given, be allowed to pass through the Lahore territories. In such case the officers of the Lahore State will afford facilities in providing supplies and boats for the passage of rivers, and the British Government will pay the full price of all such provisions and boats, and will make fair compensation for all private property that may be damaged. The British Government will, moreover, observe all due consideration to the religious feelings of the inhabitants of those tracts through which the army may pass.
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XI. The Maharajah engages never to take or to retain in his service any British subject - nor the subject of any European or American State - without the consent of the British Government.
XII. In consideration of the services rendered by Rajah Golab Sing of Jummoo, to the Lahore State, towards procuring the restoration of the relations of amity between the Lahore and British Governments, the Maharajah hereby agrees to recognize the Independent sovereignty of Rajah Golab Sing in such territories and districts in the hills as may be made over to the said Rajah Golab Sing, by separate Agreement between himself and the British Government, with the dependencies thereof, which may have been in the Rajah's possession since the time of the late Maharajah Khurruck Sing, and the British Government, in consideration of the good conduct of Rajah Golab Sing, also agrees to recognize his independence in such territories, and to admit him to the privileges of a separate Treaty with the British Government.
XIII. In the event of any dispute or difference arising between the Lahore State and Rajah Golab Sing, the same shall be referred to the arbitration of the British Government, and by its decision the Maharajah engages to abide.
XIV. The limits of the Lahore territories shall not be, at any time, changed without the concurrence of the British Government.
XV. The British Government will not exercise any interference in the internal administration of the Lahore State, but in all cases or questions which may be referred to the British Government, the Governor-General will give the aid of his advice and good offices for the furtherance of the interests of the Lahore Government.
XVI. The subjects of either State shall, on visiting the territories of the other, be on the footing of the subjects of the most favoured nation.
This Treaty consisting of sixteen articles, has been this day settled by Frederick Currie, Esquire, and Brevet-Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence acting under the directions of the Right Hon'ble Sir Henry Hardinge, G.C.B., Governor-General, on the part of the British Government, and by Bhaee Ram Sing, Rajah Lal Sing, Sirdar Tej Sing, Sirdar Chuttur Sing Attareewalla, Sirdar Runjore Sing Majeethia, Dewan Deena Nath, and Faqueer Noorooddeen, on the part of the Maharajah Dhuleep Sing, and the said Treaty has been this day ratified by the seal of the Right Hon'ble Sir Henry Hardinge, G.C.B., Governor-General, and by that of His Highness Maharajah Dhuleep Sing.
Done at Lahore, this ninth day of March, in year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six; corresponding with the,tenth day of Rubbee-ool-awul, 1262 Hijree, and ratified on the same date.
:(Sd.) H. Hardinge (L.S.)
:(Sd.) Maharajah Dhuleep Sing (L.S.)
:Bhaee Ram Sing (L.S.)
:Rajah Lal Sing (L.S.)
:Sirdar Tej Sing (L.S.)
:Sirdar Chuttur Sing Attareewalla (L.S.)
:Sirdar Runjore Sing Majeethia (L.S.)
:Dewan Deena Nath (L.S.)
:Faqueer Noorooddeen (L.S.)}}
==Text of the 1849 Last Treaty of Lahore==
Signed between [[Duleep Singh]] and the [[East India Company]] following the British [[Second Anglo-Sikh War|conquest of the Punjab]], 1849.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sirjohnloginand00logigoog|title=Sir John Login and Duleep Singh|author=Lady Lena Campbell Login|year=1890|publisher=Patiala: Languages Dept, Punjab|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sirjohnloginand00logigoog/page/n156 126]–27}}</ref>
{{quote|Terms granted to the Maharajah Duleep Singh Bahadoor, on the part of the Honourable East India Company, by Henry Miers Elliot, Esq., Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and Lieut.-Colonel Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, K.C.B., Resident, in virtue of the power vested in them, by the Right Honourable James, Earl of Dalhousie, Knight of the Most Ancient Order of the Thistle, one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Governor-General, appointed by the Honourable East India Company, to direct and control all their affairs in the East Indies; and accepted, on the part of His Highness the Maiiarajah, by Rajah Tej Singh, Rajah Deena Nath, Bhaee Nidhan Singh, Fakeer Nooroodeen, Gundur Singh, agent of Sirdar Shere Singh Sindunwallah, and Sirdar Lai Singh, agent and son of Sirdar Uttur Singh Kaleewallah, members of the Council of Regency, invested with full powers and authority on the part of His Highness.
I. His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh shall resign for himself, his heirs, and his successors all right, title, and claim to
the sovereignty of the Punjab, or to any sovereign power whatever.
II. All the property of the State, of whatever description and Chapter wheresoever found, shall be confiscated to the Honourable East India Company, in part payment of the debt due by the State of Lahore to the British Government and of the expenses of the war.
III. The gem called the [[Koh-i-Noor]], which was taken from Shah Sooja-ool-moolk by Maharajah Runjeet Singh, shall be surrendered by the Maharajah of Lahore to the Queen of England.
IV. His Highness Duleep Singh shall receive from the Honourable East India Company, for the support of himself, his relatives, and the servants of the State, a pension of not less than four, and not exceeding five, lakhs of Company's rupees per annum.
V. His Highness shall be treated with respect and honour. He shall retain the title of Maharajah Duleep Singh Bahadoor, and he shall continue to receive during his life such portion of the above-named pension as may be allotted to himself personally, provided he shall remain obedient to the British Government, and shall reside at such place as the Governor-General of India may select.
Granted and accepted at Lahore on the 29th of March, 1849, and ratified by the Right Honourable the Governor-General on the 5th of April, 1849.
:(''Signed'')
:Dalhousie—Maharajah Duleep Singh
:H. M. Elliot—Rajah Tej Singh
:H. M. Lawrence—Rajah Deena Nath
:Bhaee Nidhan Singh (Head of the Sikh religion)
:Fakeer Nooroodeen
:Gundur Singh (Agent to Sirdar Shere Singh, Sindunwallah)
:Sirdar Lal Singh (Agent and son of Sirdar Uttur Singh, Kaleewallah)|author=|title=|source=}}
==See also==
*[[List of treaties]]
*[[Treaty of Amritsar, 1846]]
==References==
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The Treaty of Lahore of 9 March 1846 was a peace treaty marking the end of the First Anglo-Sikh War. The treaty was concluded, for the British, by the Governor-General Sir Henry Hardinge and two officers of the East India Company and, for the Sikhs, by the seven-year-old Maharaja Duleep Singh and seven members of Hazara, the territory to the south of the river Sutlej and the forts and territory in the JalandharDoab between the rivers Sutlej and Beas.[1] In addition, controls were placed on the size of the Lahore army and thirty-six field guns were confiscated.[2] The control of the rivers Sutlej and Beas and part of the Indus passed to the British, with the Provision that this was not to interfere with the passage of passenger boats owned by the Lahore Government.[3] Also, provision was made for the separate sale of all the hilly regions between River Beas and Indus, including Kashmir, by the East India Company at a later date to Gulab Singh, the Raja of Jammu.[4]
Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sukerchakia had made Lahore the capital of the Sikh Empire of the Punjab, which he built up between 1799 and his death in 1839. After his death, factions and assassinations destroyed the unity of the State, causing alarm to the British because it weakened the buffer against the perceived threat of invasion from the north. Provocative acts by both the British and the Sikhs escalated tension and, on 13 December 1845, Hardinge issued a proclamation declaring war on the Sikhs.[5][better source needed]
During the First Anglo-Sikh War, the British came close to defeat at the Battle of Ferozeshah, but were eventually victorious. After the defeat of the Sikhs at the Battle of Sobraon, the British marched unopposed into Lahore on 20February 1846.[6]
The surrender of Maharajah Duleep Singh to Sir Henry Hardinge, 1846. Drawn by Hablot K. Browne, Lahore, 1846
The peace was negotiated and drafted by Frederick Currie, assisted on military matters by Brevet-Major Henry Lawrence, acting under powers vested in them by Hardinge. Currie's diplomatic skills so impressed Hardinge that the British authorities rewarded him with a baronetcy in January 1847.
On 11March 1846, two days after signature of the treaty, a supplement, comprising eight Articles of Agreement, was signed by the same parties.[7] It provided that a British force would remain in Lahore until no longer than the end of the year "for the purpose of protecting the person of the Maharajah and the inhabitants of the city of Lahore, during the reorganization of the Sikh Army". This supplementary agreement was at the request of the Lahore Durbar. The Lahore army would vacate the city, convenient quarters would be provided for the British troops and the Lahore Government would pay the extra expenses.[8]
The Agreement also provided that the British would respect the bona fide rights of jagirdars in the Lahore territories and would assist the Lahore Government in recovering the arrears of revenue justly due to the Lahore Government from the kardars[9] and managers in the territories ceded by the provisions of Articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty.[10]
The British demanded payment of 15 million rupees[11] (one and a half crore) as reparations for the cost of the war. As the Lahore Government was unable to pay the whole of this sum immediately, it ceded some of the territories mentioned above, including Hazara and Kashmir, as equivalent to 10 million rupees (one crore). The Maharaja was also required to pay 6 million rupees (60 lakhs) immediately.[12]
The British then sold Kashmir to the Raja of Jammu, Gulab Singh, for 7.5 million rupees (75 lakhs). The treaty of sale was concluded on 16March 1846, in the Treaty of Amritsar and signed by Gulab Singh, Hardinge, Currie and Lawrence.[13] Gulab Singh thus became the founder and first Maharaja of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu.
Painting of the signing of the Treaty of Bhairowal on 26 December 1846 between the Sikh Empire and British East India Company
The supplementary Articles of Agreement had specified that the British troops would remain in Lahore until no later than the end of 1846. When the time approached for the British to leave, the Durbar requested that the troops should remain until the Maharaja attained the age of 16. The British consented to this and new articles of agreement were drawn up, forming the Treaty of Bhairowal.[14][better source needed] This was signed on 26 December 1846, by Currie, Lawrence and 13 members of the Durbar and later ratified by Hardinge and the young Maharaja on the left bank of River Beas.. Actual location is Verowal district Tarn Taran in modern Panjab. (Location is confirmed in Sir HENRY HARDINGE's private correspondence and in testimony by an old Sikh person to Karam Singh historian in 1905 who was there during this treaty in Sikh Army. Details collected by Gurdev Singh Nagoke )
A key condition of the British agreement was that a Resident British officer, with an efficient establishment of assistants, was to be appointed by the Governor-General to remain at Lahore, with "full authority to direct and control all matters in every Department of the State".[15] The Regent, Maharani Jindan Kaur, mother of the Maharaja, was awarded an annual pension of 150,000 rupees and replaced by a Council of Regency composed of leading Chiefs and Sirdars acting under the control and guidance of the British Resident.[16] This effectively gave the British control of the Government.
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