Abstract
The history of the Punjab is replete with invasions and conquests by the
foreigners. Years before Christ, the Punjab witnessed the invasion of
Alexander the Great,1 and after that many other invaders followed till
the mid nineteenth century, when the British conquered this land of five
rivers.2 The enormous richness attracted the large number of invaders.
Mughals were the rulers of the India and the province of Punjab was
under the Sikhs. How were these powers weakened and the British took
over? Karl Marx describes in his words in 'The Tribune': “The
paramount power of the great Mughals was broken by the British
Viceroys. The Marhattas broke the power of the Viceroys. The power of
the Marhattas was broken by the Afghans, and while all were
struggling against all, the Briton rushed in and were enabled to subdue
them all”.3
Samina Yasmeen. (2017) BRITISH PUNJAB: POLITICS OF PATRONAGE, Pakistan , Volume 53, Issue 1.
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