Treaty of Amritsar

The Treaty of Amritsar by the British Government was executed by the British East India Company and Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu after the First Anglo-Sikh War. The treaty established the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir under the suzerainty of the British Indian Empire. Excerpt: "Article 1. Perpetual friendship shall subsist between the British Government and the State of Lahore. The latter shall be considered, concerning the former, to be on the footing of the most favored powers; and the British Government will have no concern with the territories and subjects of the Rajah to the northward of the Sutlej. Article 2. The Rajah will never maintain in the territory occupied by him and his dependants."