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A sepoy was an Indian soldier in the armies of various states and European trading companies in the Indian subcontinent and then, from the second half of the 19th century, in the British Indian Army. Recruited from many different population...

The First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42) was fought between the British East India Company (EIC) and, the Emirate of Afghanistan, the ultimate victor. The British were keen to control Afghanistan as they feared Russian expansion into South Asia...

A mid-19th-century illustration by Henry Martens showing the battle of Gujrat on 21 February 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-9) between the British East India Company (EIC) and the Sikh Empire. The EIC won the battle and the war...

A map showing the troop dispositions at the Battle of Chillianwala on 13 January 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-9) between the British East India Company and the Sikh Empire. The battle was indecisive with heavy casualties on...

A mid-19th-century painting by Charles Becher Young showing the battle of Chillianwala on 13 January 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-9) between the British East India Company (EIC) and the Sikh Empire. The EIC did not gain a decisive...

An 1863 portrait of Maharani Jind Kaur who, from 1843, ruled as regent for her infant son Duleep Singh (l. 1838-1893), the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire which was dissolved after the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1846-9) with the Brtish East India...

A mid-19th-century illustration showing the siege of Multan by the British East India Company during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-9) against the Sikh Empire.

A painting by J. Harris of the Battle of Sobraon, 10 February 1846. The battle saw the British East India Company defeat the Sikh Empire and so win the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). (National Army Museum, London)

A mid-19th century illustration showing the Sikh commander Raja Lal Singh (d. 1866) who fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6) against the British East India Company.

A c. 1847 painting showing the battle of Ferozeshah on 21-22 December 1845 during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). The British East India Company won only a marginal victory against the Sikh empire as there were high casualties on both...