Lesson 1: Why did Sikh soldiers fight against the British Empire in 1845 yet for it by 1915?
Learning objective
To understand how an imperial power successfully recruited its former enemies for military service.
Learning outcomes
To have understood British attitudes towards Sikh soldiers during the first Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46).To have explained how the British successfully recruited Sikhs for military service between the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) and the First World War (1914-18) and how British and Sikh attitudes towards each other shifted over time.