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Events on Wednesday 21 February 1849 1
1849Battle of GujratDecisive British victory ends the Second Anglo-Sikh WarBritish East India Company forces defeated the Sikh army at Gujrat, breaking organized Sikh resistance. The victory led directly to the annexation of the Punjab weeks later. It was one of the last major battles of British territorial expansion in India.