 Harry Smith akagadzwa kuva Adjutant-General muIndia muna 1840, kwaakatora chikamu mumushandirapamwe weGwalior muna 1843, kwaakagadzwa kuva Knight Commander weOrder of the Bath KCB uye Hondo yekutanga yeAnglo-Sikhra1845-46. Akanga ari mutungamiri weboka raSir Hugh Gough muhondo dzeMudki neFerozeshah, kwaakazviratidza pachena, asi haana kutsigirwa zvakakwana nemutungamiri mukuru. Pashure pechipiri chezviito izvi Sir Harry Smith akagadzwa kuva mutungamiri akazvimirira, uye musi wa 28 Ndira 1846 akakonzera kukundwa kukuru kwevaSikh paAliwal paSutlej. 