Six Battles for India: Anglo-Sikh Wars, 1845-46 and 1848-49

By the end of the nineteenth century India was described as the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, but how did such a small island come to dominate one of the richest lands in the world?



Without doubt the toughest opponents to British control was led by the Sikhs.



Ranjit Singh, the brilliant "Lion of Punjab", who ruled the Sikh Empire had revolutionized his army by employing French officers from Napoleon's Grand Army to train his artillery and infantry on the European model.



He had rule...