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CONTENTS XXXVI PAGE A. D. 1803. Sikhs opposed The Sikhs the to Lord Lake of Sirhind Delhi at 114 . tender their allegiance to English 114 The Chiefs of Jind and Kaithal .115 Shah Alam freed from Maratha thraldom 115 1804-5. The English wars with Holkar .115 The Sikhs mostly side with the English, and render . . . . . good service .115 Holkar retires towards the Sutlej 115 Delays at Patiala 115 Halts at Amritsar, but fails in gaining over Ranjit Singh 118 1805-6. Holkar comes to terms with the English, and marches to the South .116 1803-8. Friendly Relations of the English with the . . . 1805. . . . . . . . . . Sikhs of Sirhind 116 Formal Engagement entered into with Ranjit Singh and Fateh Singh Ahluwalia The English correspond with Sansar Chand of 1806. . . . Katotch Sikhs of Sirhind regarded as virtually dependants of the English by Lord Lake But the connexion not regularly declared, or made binding in form Retrospect with reference to Ranjit Singh's rise 1799. Ranjit Singh masters Lahore 1801-2. Reduces the Bhangi Misal and the Pathans of 118 117 The . . . . . . .117 .... . Kasur Allies himself with Fateh Singh Ahluwalia 1802. Ranjit Singh acquires Amritsar 1803-4. and confines Sansar Chand to the Hills — . . — who becomes involved with the Gurkhas 117 . . . . 117 118 118 118 118 118 118 Shah Zaman deposed by Shah Mahmud, and .119 the Durrani Empire weakened 1800-3. — wherefore Ranjit Singh proceeds to the South. 1805. . west of the Punjab Returns to the North on Holkar's approach 1805. A Sikh Gurumatta, or National Council, held but the Confederate system found decayed and . — — and a single temporal authority virtually ad. lifeless mitted in the person of Ranjit Singh 1806. Ranjit Singh interferes in the affairs of the Sikhs of Sirhind 1806. Takes Ludhiana and receives offerings from Patiala 1805. Sansar Chand and the Gurkhas Sansar Chand and his confederate of Nalagarh driven to the North of the Sutlej . — ... . — and the Gurkhas invest Kangra 1807. Ranjit Singh expels the Pathan Ch'ef of Kasur — and partially succeeds against Multan . . . . . . . . . . . Ranjit Singh employs Mohkam Chand Cr6sses the Sutlej for the second time and returns to seize the territories of the deceased Dallewala Chief The Sikhs of Sirhind become apprehensive of Ranjit Singh — . . . . .... 119 119 119 119 120 120 120 120 120 121 121 121 121 122 122 122 122