Despite initial artillery superiority, this empire lost the Battle of Ferozeshah, possibly due to the action of two Dogra officers of this empire; that defeat caused this empire to relinquish the Jullundar Doab.
This empire's ruler Nau Nihal died mysteriously after rocks fell on his head while he passed from the Hazuri Bagh garden to his capital's namesake fort. Despite initial artillery superiority, this empire lost the Battle of Ferozeshah, possibly due to the action of two Dogra officers of this empire; that defeat caused this empire to relinquish the Jullundar Doab. The Battle of Jamrud made the (*) Khyber Pass this empire's western border. This empire began after the unification of confederacies known as misls by a ruler named Ranjit, who defeated Zaman Shah Durrani to capture its capital of Lahore. This empire was defeated by the British in two wars a few years before the Sepoy Mutiny, during which troops from this former empire helped fight against the Hindu and Muslim mutineers. For 10 points, name this Indian empire that originated in the religious military force called the Dal Khalsa, and which was led by a series of rulers named "Singh."
This empire's ruler Nau Nihal died mysteriously after rocks fell on his head while he passed from the Hazuri Bagh garden to his capital's namesake fort.
Sikh Empire