16 March
On this day in 1846
A new and seperate treaty was signed in Ambala, between Raja Gulab Singh and the British
Kashmir was sold to Gulab Singh for one crore as part of the indemnity due from Lahore Darbar. Lal Singh Wazir opposed the ceding of Kashmir to Gulab Singh. As a result he was removed and banished from Punjab.
Also on this day
- 1764Sikhs captured Lahore and issued their own coins
- 1781Sikhs attack Shahdara Patpat, Delhi
- 1789Khalsa Forces invaded Delhi
- 1849Punjab, the domain of the Sikhs, was annexed by the British East India Company, after the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- 1956Regional formula for Punjab agreed between Hukam Singh and Jawaharlal Nehru as a secret deal
- 1961The passing away of Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh Ji, a Sikh saint of renown and head of the Akhand Kitani Jatha
- 1983Police force under the command of a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr Pandey, threw a hand grenade on a jeep carrying some Sikh pilgrims. The grenade was followed by a shower of bullets from machine guns of the policemen. During this attack a young Sikh boy, Hardev Singh, was killed and two others seriously wounded.