[63] Rajah Lal Singh was afterwards made vizier, but recently deposed for treachery.
[64] These troops to be withdrawn as soon as affairs have been satisfactorily settled.—Government notification, Camp, Umritsir, March 16th. Within the last few months, the Sikh government, feeling themselves still inadequate to continue the government unassisted, petitioned that the British force might for the present be retained at Lahore, which was agreed to, the Lahore government paying for their protectors.
[65] Treaty between the British government and the court of Lahore, Nov. 4.—Government notification.
[66] This includes the whole of Cashmere, and other smaller tracts, in addition to the lands formerly held by Ghoolab Singh.
[67] The favourite weapon of the Akalees.
[68] Dooab (two rivers) is a term applied to any tract of land lying between two rivers.
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