<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: NgoFebruary 21, 1849, i-East India Company yanqoba ngokunqobayo uMbuso wamaSikh eMpini yaseGujrat okwaqeda  <response>: Impi Yesibili YamaNgisi NamaSikh. Ngemva kokunqoba, i-East India Company yahlanganisa iPunjab ngo-2 April 1849 futhi yalifaka ngaphakathi kweBritish India. Lesi sifundazwe, nakuba sasilawulwa yiBengal Presidency, sasizimele ngokwengxenye. INkosi uDalhousie yakha iBhodi Yokwengamela ngokufaka kuyo izikhulu zaseBrithani ezinolwazi kakhulu futhi ezinolwazi. IBhodi yayiholwa nguSir Henry Lawrence, owayesebenze ngaphambili njengeSakhamuzi saseBrithani eLahore Durbar futhi yayihlanganisa nomfowabo omncane uJohn Lawrence noCharles Grenville Mansel. Ngaphansi kweBhodi, iqembu lezikhulu ezidumile ezaziwa njenge-Young Men kaHenry Lawrence lalilekelela ekuphathweni kwesifundazwe esasisanda kutholwa. IBhodi yahlakazwa nguLord Dalhousie ngo-1853; uSir Henry wabelwa iRajputana Agency, futhi umfowabo uJohn waba nguKhomishani oMkhulu wokuqala. 