A Sikh college for university education was opened in 1897.
Subsequently he attacked and annexed Amritsar in 1802, thus becoming master of the two Sikh capitals.
The nascent Sikh power prevented Mahratta incursions from being permanently successful in the Punjab.
It is the headquarters of the Sikh religion, containing 264,329 Sikhs as against 280,985 Hindus and 474,976 Mahommedans.
On the 28th Sir Harry Smith, with a view to clearing the left or British bank, attacked him, and after a desperate struggle thrice pierced the Sikh troops with his cavalry, and pushed them into the river, where large numbers perished, leaving 67 guns to the victors.