<P> The Sikh Empire ( also Sikh Khalsa Raj , Sarkar - i - Khalsa or Pañjab ( Punjab ) Empire ) , was a major power in the Indian subcontinent , formed under the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh , who established a secular empire based in the Punjab . The empire existed from 1799 , when Ranjit Singh captured Lahore , to 1849 and was forged on the foundations of the Khalsa from a collection of autonomous Sikh misls . At its peak in the 19th century , the Empire extended from the Khyber Pass in the west to western Tibet in the east , and from Mithankot in the south to Kashmir in the north . It was the last major region of the subcontinent to be conquered by the British . </P>
<P> The Sikh Empire ( also Sikh Khalsa Raj , Sarkar - i - Khalsa or Pañjab ( Punjab ) Empire ) , was a major power in the Indian subcontinent , formed under the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh , who established a secular empire based in the Punjab . The empire existed from 1799 , when Ranjit Singh captured Lahore , to 1849 and was forged on the foundations of the Khalsa from a collection of autonomous Sikh misls . At its peak in the 19th century , the Empire extended from the Khyber Pass in the west to western Tibet in the east , and from Mithankot in the south to Kashmir in the north . It was the last major region of the subcontinent to be conquered by the British . </P>
who united all the sikh and founded a kingdom in the punjab
who united all the sikh and founded a kingdom in the punjab
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Maharaja Ranjit Singh