When was the Punjab annexed to the British Empire. Who was the Governor General of India at that time?
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Punjab, also spelled Panjab, was a province of British India. Most of the Punjab region was annexed by the East India Company in 1849, and was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British control.
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In the year 1849, the East India Company defeated the Sikh rulers of Punjab and attached the state.
Earlier it was ruled by the Sikhs, and Ranjit Singh was their great leader till he died in 1839.
It was one of the many states in India that were captured by the British after a lot of struggles.
Lord Auckland was the Governor General of the British Empire in India at that time.
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