1 556 HISTORY OF THE PANJAB.
2 territory to Guldéb Singh. The guilt of Ldl Singh was clearly proved. The
3 decision of the Court was communicated to the sardars, who were requested
4 to withdraw, and Lal Singh was left with the British officers. He was
5 deposed from the office of minister, and was informed that he was not per-
6 mited to enter the palace. He was escorted to his own house by My,
7 Edwards, Assistant to Colonel Lawrence, surrounded by a guard, and was
8 Heisbanishedto shortly after banished from Léhore to Benares on pension.
9 Be The Government of Léhore was now placed in the hands of Dewdn Ding
10 Nath, Sardar Téj Singh, Sardar Sher Singh, of Atari, and Fakir Nur-ud-din,
11 Major Lawrence, as usual, representing British interests in the Darbdr.
12 Before the time came for the withdrawal of the British troops from Léhore,
13 according to the treaty of 11th March, 1846, the Sikh chiefs saw the neces-
14 sity of asking the British Government for -an extension of the period for
15 which they had been located there, as they found it impossible to carry on
16 the administration without a continuance of British assistance and direction.
17 They accordingly solicited the Government to continue British protection
18 until the Mahardjé should attain his majority. Lord Hardinge, after fully
19 considering the situation, gave a very reluctant assent to the proposed
20 Subsidiary treaty,1¢th measure, and on 16th December, 1846, a new treaty was executed and signed
21 ea by fifty-two principal chiefs of the Panjaéb, by which the British were made
22 virtual masters of the country. A convention was entered into for the
23 The LAhore Council administration of the L&hore Government by a Council of Regency at Lahore,
24 aS consisting of eight Sikh chiefs, viz., Dewén Dind Nath, Sardar Téj Singh,
25 Sardar Sher Singh, of Atari, Fakir Nur-ud-din, Sardar Ranjodh Singh, Bhai
26 Nidhdn Singh, Sardar Attar Singh, Kallianwéll4, and Sardar Shamsher Singh,
27 Sindhianwala, to be directed by the British Resident. The Sikh Govern-
28 ment, on its part, agreed to pay to the British Government twenty-two lakhs
29 of rupees per annum for the maintenance of 10,000 British troops in the
30 Panjab, the arrangement to last till 4th September, 1854, on which date
31 the minority of Dulip Singh would end, and the Government be handed
32 over to him. Colonel Lawrence was appointed British Resident at Léhore.
33 dite deen ee The treaty was ratified in a public Darbar held at Lahore on the 26th
34 ‘"~* December, the Commander-in-Chief being present. Lord Hardinge, seated
35 on a throne, delivered an address explaining the object of the British
36 Government to be the welfare of that of Léhore. Among the chiefs who
37 were present was the famous Sheikh Imdm-ud-din, The speech was inter-
38 preted to the chiefs by Mr. Currie, and the Darbar closed with a profusion
39 of nazars consisting of jewels, shawls, guns, etc. ;
40 CHAPTER III.
41 THE SECOND SIKH WAR.
42 REVOLT OF DEWAN MUL RAJ.
43 T= expulsion of Lal Singh from the Panj&b was far from pleasing to
44 Jindén, the queen mother of Dulip Singh, a most artful and profligate
45 woman, but the Sikh chieftains soon repented of their treaty of the 16th
46 of December, 1846, and came to look on it with dismay; for though beaten,
47 __ they were as yet unsubdued; their monarchy and their ar f 80,000 dis-
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