Question

The first Anglo-Sikh war between the British East India Company and Sikh Empire started in?
A) 1845
B) 1846
C) 1847
D) 1848

Answer 1

Hint:
The First Anglo-Sikh War clashes between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company in and around the Ferozepur region of Punjab. It ensued in fractional suppression of the Sikh empire and cession of Jammu and Kashmir as a distinct princely state under British suzerainty.

Complete Answer:
The First Anglo-Sikh War clashed between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company in 1845 and 1846. The first war was triggered by common uncertainties and the disorder of the Sikh army. The Sikh state in Punjab had been constructed into a daunting influence by the maharaja Ranjit Singh, who reigned from 1801 to 1839. Within 6 years of his demise, though, the government had fragmented down in a sequence of palace rebellions and killings.

By 1843 the monarch was a boy—the youngest son of Ranjit Singh—whose mother was declared queen substitute. Actual power, though, was vested in the army, which was itself in the hands of pants, or military groups. Associations with the British had by now been tense by the denial of the Sikhs to permit the movement of British hordes through their land throughout the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838–42).

Having been resolute to attack British India under the excuse of preventing a British outbreak, the Sikhs crossed the Sutlej River in December 1845. They were overpowered in the 4 bloody and hard-fought combats of Mudki, Firozpur, Aliwal, and Sobraon. The British occupied Sikh lands east of the Sutlej and among it and the Beas River; Kashmir and Jammu were separated, and the Sikh army was restricted to 20,000 infantry and 12,000 reinforcements. A British inhabitant was posted in Lahore with British troops.

Thus, option (A) is correct.

Note:
After joint claims and allegations amongst the Sikh Durbar and the East India Company, ambassadorial associations were wrecked. An East India Company army began trooping towards Ferozepur, where a group was previously posted. This army was directed by Sir Hugh Gough, the Commander in Chief of the Bengal Army, and was conveyed by Sir Henry Hardinge, the British Governor-General of Bengal, who positioned himself below Gough in the military chain of command. The British East India Company militaries comprised the foundations of the Bengal Army, with typically 1 British unit to every 3 or four Bengal infantry or support units. Most of the weaponry on the British side was light guns from the exclusive Bengal Horse Artillery.