Historedia
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Cession of Kashmir

When
9 March 1846
Where
Lahore
Part of
First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon and the Treaty of Lahore

The Treaty of Lahore provided for the sale of hilly regions between the Beas and Indus, including Kashmir, to Gulab Singh, the Raja of Jammu.

Under the Treaty of Lahore, provision was made for the separate sale of all the hilly regions between the River Beas and the Indus, including Kashmir, by the East India Company at a later date to Gulab Singh, the Raja of Jammu. The subsequent sale was concluded in the Treaty of Amritsar on 16 March 1846, signed by Gulab Singh, Hardinge, Currie, and Lawrence; the supplied passages do not name a signing location for that treaty.

Sources

  1. Treaty of Lahore Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-01

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