how did Punjab become a dependent state of East India company
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On 21 February 1849, the East India Company decisively defeated the Sikh Empire at the Battle of Gujrat bringing to an end the Second Anglo-Sikh War. Following the victory, the East India Company annexed the Punjab on 2 April 1849 and incorporated it within British India.
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In 1849 the Punjab kingdom fell to the troops of the British East India Company and subsequently became a province under British rule. ... Political and administrative leadership for the enlarged Punjab was provided by Sardar Partap Singh Kairon, chief minister of the state from 1956 to 1964.
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