1 550 HISTORY OF THE PANJAB,
2 unprovoked and unwarrantable the conduct of the Darbar and Sikh army
3 had been towards the British Government, and the moderation and forbear-
4 ance which had throughout characterised the action of that Government.
5 Fle commended the conduct of the Raja in keeping aloof from the hostile and
6 perfidious transactions of the Sikh Government, and expressed his readiness
7 to mark his sense of that conduct. As for the conditions on which the
8 British Government would be prepared to make an adjustment with the
9 Lahore Darbar, His Iixcellency referred the chiefs to his Chief Secretary,
10 Mr. Currie, and to his Agent for the affairs of Northern India, Major Law-
11 rence. The conference of the chiefs with these officers took place at night,
12 and the terms of peace having been explained to them, they, after some dis-
13 cussion, signed a document conceding all the demands of the British. These
14 ‘Treaty with the sikh included the recognition of Dulip Singh as sovereign of Léhore, but required
15 Cems the cession in full sovereignty of all the country between the Sutlej and the
16 Bids rivers, the payment of a crore-and-a-half of rupees, or a million-and-a-
17 half sterling, to the conquerors, as indemnity for the expenses of the war ; the
18 disbandment of the present Sikh army and its re-organisation under the
19 system and regulations with regard to pay which existed in the time of
20 Ranjit Singh; an arrangement for limitnig the extent of the force which
21 ss might be henceforth employed to be determined on in communication
22 with the British Government; the surrender of all the guns that had been
23 pointed against the British; the cession tu the English of the entire regu-
24 lation and control of both banks of the river Sutlej, and such other arrange-
25 ments for settling the future boundaries of the Sikh State, and the organi-
26 sation of its administration as might be determined on at Léhore. It was
27 further agreed that the young Mahardjd, with Bhdi Ram Singh and other
28 chiefs who had remained at Lahore, should forthwith repair to the camp of
29 the Governor-General and surrender themselves to him, and that, after
30 personally tendering his submission to the Governor-General, the Maharaja
31 should accompany him in his march to Léhore with all the Sikh chiefs.
32 The young Mahariit Lulidni, about midway between the Sutlej and Ravi, was fixed on as the
33 Pryernoceneralin place of meeting, but the Mahardjdé, with his chiefs, hastening from Lahore,
34 Hig oa oem hefore the Governor-General could reach the place, expressed his readiness
35 to wait on His Excellency at once. Sir Henry, however, deemed it right to
36 see the Ldhore sovereign on the appointed day, and, accordingly, in the
37 afternoon of 18th February, the Mahardjé paid his respects to His Excel-
38 lency inhis camp at Lulidni attended by Rdjé Guldb Singh, Bhai Ram
39 Singh, Dewan Dina Nath, Fakir Nur-ud-din, and ten or twelve other chiefs.
40 They were all dressed in plain attire and came with the mien of humiliation
41 suited to their condition. The interview took place inthe Darbér tent, Sir
42 Hugh Gough and staff being present on the occasion. No salute was fired
43 on the‘arrival of the Mahardjd, nor were other formalities proper to such
44 occasions’ observed, the Governor-General causing it to be explained that,
45 as no formal submission had yet been tendered, the young Maharaja could
46 not be received as a friendly prince. The Mahardjd accordingly tendered
47 his submission in person and begged for the pardon and clemency of the
48 British Government on such terms as might be dictated by the Governor-
49 General. Sir Henry stated that, the conditions of peace having been duly
50 announced to the minister and the sardars accredited with him, and they
51 having, in the name of the Mahardjd, acquiesced in all the terms imposed
52 by the British Government, it was unnecessary to re-open the discussion,
53 the more so then, as the Mahardjd was of too tender an age to take part in
54 such proceedings. He considered it right to treat the Mahardja4, from the
55 Sri Satguru agesnighyt GAEpary himself on the maHariEibrSPePyHAREorAS 2 prince