The‌ ‌Sikh ‌Empire‌ ‌was ‌a country mainly ‌based ‌in Punjab region‌ of the Indian subcontinent. It lasted‌ from ‌1799, ‌when Maharaja‌‌ Ranjit Singh captured‌‌ Lahore, until ‌1849, when‌ the British East India Company‌ defeated‌ them in the Second‌ Anglo-Sikh War. The empire stretched from ‌‌Gilgit and ‌Tibet in ‌the‌‌ north ‌‌to the ‌deserts‌ of Sindh in the south and from the Khyber‌ Pass in the west to the Sutlej in the‌ east.