Question

after the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh which action of the British provoked vi to cross into British territory

Answer 1

Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780 –1839)[4][5] was the leader of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He survived smallpox in infancy but lost sight in his left eye. He fought his first battle alongside his father at age 10. After his father died, he fought several wars to expel the Afghans in his teenage years and was proclaimed as the "Maharaja of Punjab" at age 21.[4][6] His empire grew in the Punjab region under his leadership through 1839.[7][8]

Ranjit Singh

Titles

Maharaja of PunjabMaharaja of LahoreSher-e-Punjab (Lion of Punjab)Sarkar-i-Wallah (Head of State).[1]Sarkar Khalsaji (Head of State)[citation needed]
Lord of Five RiversSingh Sahib[2]



Maharaja Ranjit Singh

ReignApril 1792 – 11 April 1801 as Chief ofSukerchakia Misl 12 April 1801 – 27 June 1839 as Emperor of the Sikh EmpireInvestiture12 April 1801 atLahore FortSuccessorMaharaja Kharak SinghBornBuddh Singh
13 November 1780[3]
Gujranwala, Punjab region, Sukerchakia Misl of the Sikh Confederacy (present-day Pakistan)Died27 June 1839(aged 58)
Lahore, Punjab region, Sikh Empire (present-day Pakistan)Burial

Cremated remains stored in the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh in Lahore, Punjab regionof the Indian subcontinent (modern-day Pakistan)

SpouseSee WivesIssueMaharaja Kharak Singh
Ishar Singh
Maharaja Sher Singh
Tara Singh
Kashmira Singh
Peshaura Singh
Multana Singh
Maharaja Duleep SinghFatherSardar Maha SinghMotherRaj KaurReligionSikhism

Prior to his rise, the Punjab region had numerous warring misls (confederacies), twelve of which were under Sikh rulers and one Muslim.[6] Ranjit Singh successfully absorbed and united the Sikh misls and took over other local kingdoms to create the Sikh Empire. He repeatedly defeated invasions by outside armies, particularly those arriving from Afghanistan, and established friendly relations with the British.[9]

Ranjit Singh's reign introduced reforms, modernisation, investment into infrastructure and general prosperity.[10][11] His Khalsa armyand government included Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Europeans.[12] His legacy includes a period of Sikh cultural and artistic renaissance, including the rebuilding of theHarimandir Sahib in Amritsar as well as other major gurudwaras, including Takht Sri Patna Sahib, Bihar and Hazur Sahib Nanded,Maharashtra under his sponsorship.[13][14] He was popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab, or "Lion of Punjab".

Maharaja Ranjit Singh was succeeded by his son Maharaja Kharak Singh.