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Start here: a nineteen-year-old rides into Lahore in 1799 and, over forty years, builds an empire from the Khyber to the Sutlej, ruled in the name of the Gurus.
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Part 1 of the fall of the Sikh Empire: Maharaja Ranjit Singh dies in 1839, and within six years four rulers are gone, the court is ruled by intrigue and the army governs itself.
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Part 2: the Khalsa army crosses the Sutlej, fights the British to a standstill, and is betrayed by its own commanders. Sobraon, Sardar Sham Singh Attariwala and the price of peace.
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Part 3: the British take control in Lahore, Maharani Jind Kaur is sent away, Multan rises, and after Chillianwala and Gujrat the kingdom of Panjab is annexed on 29 March 1849.
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Part 4: the last Maharaja of Panjab is taken from his homeland and raised as an English gentleman, until his mother finds him again and he finds his way back to Sikhi.
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