Battle of Guns

Battle of Guns

 

1-The Battle of Guns or Battle of Gujrat was a decisive battle in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, fought on 21 February 1849, between the forces of the British East India Company, and a Sikh army (Sir Hugh Gough and Sher Singh Attariwalla) in rebellion against the Company's control of the Sikh Kingdom, represented by the child Maharaja Duleep Singh who was in British custody in Lahore.

2-The Sikh army was defeated by the British regular and Bengal Army forces of the British East India Company.

3-After it capitulated a few days later, the Punjab was annexed to the East India Company's territories and Duleep Singh was deposed.