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APPENDIX XXXIV FIRST TREATY WITH LAHORE OF 1846 Treaty between the British Government and the State of Lahore, concluded at Lahore, on March 9th, 1846.
Whereas the treaty of amity and concord, which was concluded between the British Government and the late Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the ruler of Lahore, in 1809, was broken by the unprovoked aggression on the British provinces of the Sikh army, in December last And whereas, on that occasion, by the proclama:
tion dated the 13th of December, the territories then in the occupation of the Maharaja of Lahore, on the left or British bapk of the river Sutlej, were confiscated and annexed to the British provinces; and, since that time, hostile operations have been prosecuted by the two Governments, the one against the other, which have resulted in the occupation of Lahore by the British troops And whereas it has been determined that, upon certain conditions, peace shall be re-esta:
blished between the two Governments, the following treaty of peace between the Honourable English East India Company, and Maharaja Dalip Singh Bahadur, and his children, heirs, and successors, has been concluded, on the part of the Honourable Company, by Frederick Currie, Esq., and Brevet-Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence, by virtue of full powers to that effect vested in them by the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hardinge, G.C.B., one of Her Britannic Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, Governor-General, appointed by the Honourable Company to direct and control all their affairs in the East Indies; and, on the part of his Highness the Maharaja Dalip Singh, by Bhai Ram Singh, Raja Lai Singh, Sardar Tej Singh, Sardar Chattar Singh Atariwala, Sardar Ranjor Singn Majithia, Diwan Dina Nath, and Fakir Nur-ud-din, vested with full powers and authority on the part of his Highness. Article 1. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the British Government, on the one part, and Maharaja Dalip Singh, his heirs and successors, on the other. Article 2. The Maharaja of Lahore renounces for himself, bis heirs and successors, all claim to, or connexion with, the territories lying to the south of the
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and engages never to have any concern with those territories, or the inhabitants thereof.
river Sutlej,
XXXIV
APP.
37 ^
APPENDIX XXXIV FIRST TREATY WITH LAHORE OF 1846 Treaty between the British Government and the State of Lahore, concluded at Lahore, on March 9th, 1846.
Whereas the treaty of amity and concord, which was concluded between the British Government and the late Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the ruler of Lahore, in 1809, was broken by the unprovoked aggression on the British provinces of the Sikh army, in December last And whereas, on that occasion, by the proclama:
tion dated the 13th of December, the territories then in the occupation of the Maharaja of Lahore, on the left or British bapk of the river Sutlej, were confiscated and annexed to the British provinces; and, since that time, hostile operations have been prosecuted by the two Governments, the one against the other, which have resulted in the occupation of Lahore by the British troops And whereas it has been determined that, upon certain conditions, peace shall be re-esta:
blished between the two Governments, the following treaty of peace between the Honourable English East India Company, and Maharaja Dalip Singh Bahadur, and his children, heirs, and successors, has been concluded, on the part of the Honourable Company, by Frederick Currie, Esq., and Brevet-Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence, by virtue of full powers to that effect vested in them by the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hardinge, G.C.B., one of Her Britannic Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, Governor-General, appointed by the Honourable Company to direct and control all their affairs in the East Indies; and, on the part of his Highness the Maharaja Dalip Singh, by Bhai Ram Singh, Raja Lai Singh, Sardar Tej Singh, Sardar Chattar Singh Atariwala, Sardar Ranjor Singn Majithia, Diwan Dina Nath, and Fakir Nur-ud-din, vested with full powers and authority on the part of his Highness. Article 1. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the British Government, on the one part, and Maharaja Dalip Singh, his heirs and successors, on the other. Article 2. The Maharaja of Lahore renounces for himself, bis heirs and successors, all claim to, or connexion with, the territories lying to the south of the
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and engages never to have any concern with those territories, or the inhabitants thereof.
river Sutlej,
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