Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 21February 1849, East India Company meriri alaeze Sikh n'agha nke Gujrat na-eweta njedebe nke
Agha nke Abụọ nke Anglo-Sikh. Mgbe mmeri ahụ gasịrị, East India Company jikọtara Punjab na 2Eprel 1849 wee tinye ya na British India. Mpaghara ahụ n'agbanyeghị na ọ nọ n'okpuru nchịkwa nke Bengal Presidency bụ onye nweere onwe ya. Lord Dalhousie guzobere ndị Board of Administration site n'ịkpọbata ndị isi ndị Briten kacha nwee ahụmịhe na ahụmịhe n'ime ya. Sir Henry Lawrence, onye rụburu ọrụ dị ka onye bi na Britain na Lahore Durbar na-eduzi Board ahụ, nwanne ya nwoke nke nta bụ John Lawrence na Charles Grenville Mansel. N'okpuru Kọmitii ahụ, otu ndị ọrụ gọọmentị a ma ama nke a maara dị ka Henry Lawrence's "Young Men" nyere aka na nchịkwa nke ógbè ọhụrụ ahụ. Lord Dalhousie kpochapụrụ Board ahụ na 1853; E kenyere Sir Henry na ụlọ ọrụ Rajputana, nwanne ya nwoke bụ John nọchiri ya dị ka Onye isi kọmishọna mbụ.