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.
Guru Arjan, who was in charge of the great Sikh temple at Amritsar, received copious offerings and became a man of wealth and influence, while the sixth guru became a military leader, and was frequently at warfare with the Mogul authorities.
It is the headquarters of the Sikh religion, containing 264,329 Sikhs as against 280,985 Hindus and 474,976 Mahommedans.