Arrival of Maharajah Duleep Singh, at the British camp, following the Battle of Sobraon, fought on 10 February 1846
Illustration from Cassell's Century Edition History of England, pub circa 1901. Info from wiki: Maharaja Duleep Singh, also known as Dalip Singh, and later in life nicknamed the Black Prince of Perthshire, was the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. On 13 December 1845 the British declared war on the Sikhs and, after winning the First Anglo-Sikh War, retained the Maharaja as nominal ruler, but replaced the Maharani by a Council of Regency and later imprisoned and exiled her. After the close of the Second Anglo-Sikh War and the subsequent annexation of the Punjab on 29 March 1849. In May 1854 he was sent into exile in Britain. The Battle of Sobraon was fought on 10 February 1846, between the forces of the East India Company and the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the Sikh Empire of the Punjab. The Sikhs were completely defeated, making this the decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War.
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