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Sino-Sikh War

Years: 1841 - 1842

The Sino-Sikh War (also referred to as the Invasion of Tibet or the Dogra War) is fought from May 1841 to August 1842 between the forces of Qing China and the Sikh Empire after General Zorawar Singh Kahluria invades western Tibet.

At the time of the war, the Dogra dynasty is a vassal of the Sikh Empire, and so the conflict is also known as the Dogra War.

The Sikh army is routed and the Qing counterattack but are defeated in Ladakh resulting in an overall military stalemate.

The Treaty of Chushul is signed in 1842 maintaining the status quo ante bellum.

"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past...Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered."

― George Orwell, 1984 (1948)