The
Treaty of Amritsar, signed on 16 March 1846, formalised the arrangements in the
Treaty of Lahore between the
British East India Company and
Gulab Singh Dogra after the
First Anglo-Sikh War. By Article 1 of the treaty, Gulab Singh acquired "all the hilly or mountainous country with its dependencies situated to the eastward of the River Indus and the westward of the River Ravi including Chamba and excluding Lahul, being part of the territories ceded to the British Government by the Lahore State according to the provisions of Article IV of the Treaty of Lahore, dated 9th March, 1846." Under Article 3, Gulab Singh was to pay 75 lakhs (7.5 million) of Nanak Shahi rupees (the ruling currency of the
Sikh Empire) to the British Government, along with other annual tributes. The Treaty of Amritsar marked the beginning of
Dogra rule in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.