Treaty of Amritsar (1809)

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The Treaty of Amritsar (1809) was an agreement between the Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the British East India Company that defined their respective spheres of influence in northern India, effectively recognizing Sikh control over much of Punjab while limiting expansion south of the Sutlej River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
historical treaty ⓘ
treaty between state and company ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Punjab ⓘ
Sutlej River region ⓘ
linked to: Jalandhar Doab
boundaryDefined Sutlej River ⓘ
category 1809 in India ⓘ
Treaties involving the Sikh Empire ⓘ
Treaties of the British East India Company ⓘ
century 19th century ⓘ
country India (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: India
dateSigned 1809 ⓘ
effect establishment of the Sutlej River as a boundary of Sikh expansion ⓘ
formalization of British protection over Cis-Sutlej states ⓘ
recognition of Sikh control over much of Punjab ⓘ
stabilization of relations between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company ⓘ
followedBy further consolidation of Sikh rule in Punjab ⓘ
historicalContext British expansion in India ⓘ
consolidation of the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
historicalRegion North India ⓘ
linked to: northern India
language Persian (commonly used in official documents in North India at the time) ⓘ
locationSigned Amritsar ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
Sikh Empire ⓘ
mainPurpose to define spheres of influence between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company ⓘ
to limit Sikh expansion south of the Sutlej River ⓘ
to secure British influence south of the Sutlej River ⓘ
namedAfter Amritsar ⓘ
negotiatedBy representatives of Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
representatives of the British East India Company ⓘ
party British East India Company ⓘ
Sikh Empire ⓘ
precededBy British intervention in Cis-Sutlej states ⓘ
recognizedAuthorityOf Maharaja Ranjit Singh in territories north of the Sutlej River ⓘ
regionAffected Cis-Sutlej states ⓘ
relatedTo Anglo-Sikh relations ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Sikh Wars

British colonial expansion in India ⓘ
history of Punjab ⓘ
restrictedExpansionOf Sikh Empire south of the Sutlej River ⓘ
signatory British East India Company ⓘ
Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
signatoryParty British East India Company ⓘ
Sikh Empire ⓘ
signedBetween British East India Company ⓘ
Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
strengthenedPositionOf British East India Company in northern India ⓘ
year 1809 ⓘ

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Sikh Empire → significantEvent → Treaty of Amritsar (1809) ⓘ
Khalsa Sarkar → notableTreaty → Treaty of Amritsar (1809) ⓘ
Treaties of the British East India Company → hasPart → Treaty of Amritsar (1809) ⓘ