Which city was not a part of the First Anglo - Sikh War?

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answered Mar 1, 2022 by VinayPoonia (113k points)
selected Mar 1, 2022 by Rohitpatil

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Correct Answer - Option 1 : Chillianwala

The correct answer is Chillianwala.

The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company in 1845 and 1846 in and around the Ferozepur district of Punjab.
It results in partial subjugation of the Sikh kingdom and cession of Jammu and Kashmir as a separate princely state under British suzerainty.
The first war was precipitated by mutual suspicions and the turbulence of the Sikh army.
The Sikh state in Punjab had been built into a formidable power by the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who ruled from 1801 to 1839.
By 1843 the ruler was a boy youngest son of Ranjit Singh whose mother was proclaimed queen regent.
Relations with the British had already been strained by the refusal of the Sikhs to allow the passage of British troops through their territory during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838–42).
Having determined to invade British India under the pretext of forestalling a British attack, the Sikhs crossed the Sutlej River in December 1845.
They were defeated in the four bloody and hard-fought battles of Mudki, Firozpur, Aliwal, and Sobraon.
The British annexed Sikh lands east of the Sutlej and between it and the Beas River, Kashmir and Jammu were detached, and the Sikh army was limited to 20,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalries.
A British resident was stationed in Lahore with British troops.

Second Sikh War :-
- It began with the revolt of Mulraj, governor of Multan, in April 1848.
- It became a national revolt when the Sikh army joined the rebels on September 14, 1848.
- Indecisive battles characterized by great ferocity and bad generalship were fought at Ramnagar (November 22) and at Chilianwala (Jan. 13, 1849) before the final British victory at Gujrat (February 21).
- The Sikh army surrendered on March 12, and the Punjab was then annexed.