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HISTORY OF THE SIKHS
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ing members of the Durbar, in concert with all the Sardars and Chiefs of the State, solicited the interference and aid of the British Government for the maintenance of an administration, and the protection of the Maharaja Dalip Singh during the minority of his Highness.
This solicitation by the Durbar and Chiefs has led to the temporary modification of the relations between the British Government and that of Lahore, established
by the treaty of the 9th March of the present year. The terms and conditions of this modification are set forth in the following articles of
agreement.
Agreement concluded between the British Government and the- Lahore Durbar on 16th December 1846.
Articles of
Whereas the Lahore Durbar and the principal Chiefs and Sardars of the State' have, in express terms, communicated to the British Government their anxious desire that the Governor-General should give his aid and his assistance to maintain the administration of the Lahore State during the minority of Maharaja Dalip Singh, and have declared this measure to be indispensable for the maintenance of the government And whereas the Governor-General has, under certain conditions, consented to give the aid and assistance solicited, the following articles of agreement, in modification of the articles of agreement executed at Lahore on the 11th March last, have been concluded, on the part of the British Government, by Frederick Currie, "Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Montgomery Lawrence, North-West C.B., Agent to the Governor-General, Frontier, by virtue of full powers to that effect vested in them by the Right Honourable Viscourit Hardinge, G.C.B., Governor-General, and on the part of his Highness Maharaja Dalip Singh, by Sardar Tej Singh, Sardar Sher Singh, Diwan Dina Nath, Fakir Nur-uddin, Rai Kishan Chand. Sardar Ranjor Singh Majithia, Sardar Atar Singh Kaliwala, Bhai Nidhan Singh, Sardar Khan Singh Majithia, Sardar Shamsher Singh, Sardar Lai Singh Muraria, Sardar Kehar Singh Sihdhianwala, Sardar Arjun Singh Rangrangha, acting with the unanimous consent and concurrence of the Chiefs and Sardars of the State assembled at Lahore. Article 1. All and every part of the treaty of peace between the British Government and the State :
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ing members of the Durbar, in concert with all the Sardars and Chiefs of the State, solicited the interference and aid of the British Government for the maintenance of an administration, and the protection of the Maharaja Dalip Singh during the minority of his Highness.
This solicitation by the Durbar and Chiefs has led to the temporary modification of the relations between the British Government and that of Lahore, established
by the treaty of the 9th March of the present year. The terms and conditions of this modification are set forth in the following articles of
agreement.
Agreement concluded between the British Government and the- Lahore Durbar on 16th December 1846.
Articles of
Whereas the Lahore Durbar and the principal Chiefs and Sardars of the State' have, in express terms, communicated to the British Government their anxious desire that the Governor-General should give his aid and his assistance to maintain the administration of the Lahore State during the minority of Maharaja Dalip Singh, and have declared this measure to be indispensable for the maintenance of the government And whereas the Governor-General has, under certain conditions, consented to give the aid and assistance solicited, the following articles of agreement, in modification of the articles of agreement executed at Lahore on the 11th March last, have been concluded, on the part of the British Government, by Frederick Currie, "Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Montgomery Lawrence, North-West C.B., Agent to the Governor-General, Frontier, by virtue of full powers to that effect vested in them by the Right Honourable Viscourit Hardinge, G.C.B., Governor-General, and on the part of his Highness Maharaja Dalip Singh, by Sardar Tej Singh, Sardar Sher Singh, Diwan Dina Nath, Fakir Nur-uddin, Rai Kishan Chand. Sardar Ranjor Singh Majithia, Sardar Atar Singh Kaliwala, Bhai Nidhan Singh, Sardar Khan Singh Majithia, Sardar Shamsher Singh, Sardar Lai Singh Muraria, Sardar Kehar Singh Sihdhianwala, Sardar Arjun Singh Rangrangha, acting with the unanimous consent and concurrence of the Chiefs and Sardars of the State assembled at Lahore. Article 1. All and every part of the treaty of peace between the British Government and the State :
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