OPSC 2015 Solved Paper

Ranjit Singh, the chief of the Sukarchakiya misl (one of the 12 misls or confederations of Punjab) conquered in $1799.$ In 1805, he also snatched Amritsar from Bhangi misl. He attacked the areas across the river Sutlej and brought many Sikh chieftains under his suzerainty. Soon Ranjit Singh took over Multan, Kashmir and Peshwa also. However, he signed the Treaty of Amritsar, also called the Treaty of Perpetual Friendship, in 1809 under which he accepted the East India Company's greater right over the Sutlej territories.