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Cis-Sutlej says | historical principalities, India

Cis-Sutlej States , Indian principalities, mainly Sikh, became important in the early 19th century when their fate was balanced between the British on the one hand and Ranjit Singh from the Sikhs on the other side. They were called Cis- (Latin:"On This Side [of]") Sutlej by the British because they are on the British or southern side of the Sutlej River located . They were in Punjab during the "time of troubles" after the collapse of mughal authority and the withdrawal of the Afghan chief Aḥmad Shah Durrānī in 1761 grown up .

Threatening to be assimilated into Ranjit Singh's kingdom, they appealed to the British, who were threatening US dominance reasoned about them Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh (1809). After 1846 there were nine states, later reduced to six, with full power; Patiala with an area of ​​14,017 square kilometers and a population of up to two million at the time of its acquisition, was the most important. The states survived until independence India (1947) and was then organized into the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU). They were subsequently moved to the Indian states Punjab and Haryana included .