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‘The Treaty of Amritsar (1809) was significant for its immediate as well as potential effects’. Critically examine.

  • UPSC 2022
  • British Expansion in India

Concluded between Charles Metcalfe for the Company and Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Treaty of Amritsar (25 April 1809) functioned simultaneously as an immediate diplomatic settlement and as the foundation for decades of subsequent political consequence — making the claim to a dual significance well justified.

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