What is Treaty of Amritsar (1846)?
{{no sources|date=August 2021}} The '''Treaty of Amritsar''' was signed on March 16, 1846 to settle a dispute over territory in [[Kashmir]] after the [[First Sikh War]] with the [[United Kingdom]]. The [[treaty]] was signed in the city of [[Amritsar]]. As part of the treaty land was given to Maharaja [[Gulab Singh Dogra]]. Gulab Singh was then able to rule over the lands to the [[west]] of the [[Ravi River]] including [[Chamba]]. Gulab Singh paid money to the British Government to get this land. The Treaty of Amritsar marked the beginning of [[Dogra]] rule in [[Kashmir]], which was to end in 1948 after India got independence from Britishers. ==Related pages== *[[Treaty of Lahore]] [[Category:19th century in India]] [[Category:1840s treaties|Amritsar]] [[Category:1846]] {{history-stub}}