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Events on Thursday 29 March 1849 1
1849Annexation of the PunjabThe British East India Company absorbs the Sikh EmpireAfter victory in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the East India Company formally annexed the Punjab, ending the Sikh Empire. The young Maharaja Duleep Singh was deposed and the Koh-i-Noor diamond was sent to Queen Victoria. The annexation completed British dominance over the Indian subcontinent.