Correct Option: B

The Marquis of Dalhousie, the new governor-general, who arrived in India in January 1848 scarcely approved of Hardinge’s “annexation without encumbrances. “ In April 1848 Diwan Mul Raj’s revolt at Multan opened the prospect of a fresh war in the Punjab. On the very day (4 May) Dalhousie received Resident Frederick Currie’s report of the incident at Multan, he wrote to the Home government: “I shall feel it my duty as the servant of the Company and Crown to exact national reparation from the State of Lahore. The Second Anglo-Sikh War took place in 1848 and 1849, between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company. It resulted in the subjugation of the Sikh Empire, and the annexation of the Punjab and what subsequently became the North-West Frontier Province by the East India Company.