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RANJÍT SINGH

left them the most loyal subjects the Queen has in the East. Their devotion and their gallantry have been proved many times, and if they continue to be governed as wisely and sympathetically as in the early years succeeding annexation, they will remain, what they now are, the sword and shield of British India.