Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 21 ga Fabrairu, 1849, Kamfanin Indiya na Gabas ya ci nasara da daular Sikh a yakin Gujrat wanda ya kawo karshen yakin Anglo-Sikh na biyu
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan nasarar, Kamfanin Indiya na Gabas ya haɗu da Punjab a ranar 2 ga Afrilu 1849 kuma ya haɗa shi a cikin Indiya ta Biritaniya. Lardin yayin da yake ƙarƙashin ikon Bengal Presidency ya kasance mai zaman kansa. Lord Dalhousie ya kafa Hukumar Gudanarwa ta hanyar shigar da shi cikin mafi ƙwarewa da ƙwararrun jami'an Burtaniya. Hukumar ta kasance karkashin jagorancin Sir Henry Lawrence, wanda a baya ya yi aiki a matsayin mazaunin Biritaniya a Lahore Durbar kuma ya ƙunshi ƙaramin ɗan'uwansa John Lawrence da Charles Grenville Mansel. A karkashin Hukumar, ƙungiyar jami'ai masu daraja da aka sani da Henry Lawrence "Matasa" sun taimaka wajen gudanar da lardin da aka samu. Lord Dalhousie ya soke Hukumar a cikin 1853; An sanya Sir Henry ga Hukumar Rajputana, kuma ɗan'uwansa John ya gaje shi a matsayin Babban Kwamishina na farko.