Question

The Jangnama of Shah Mohammad blames one of this empire’s queens for starting a war where it lost the Battle of Sobraon (“SO”-buh-rown). A princess of this empire named Sophia who was raised as a goddaughter of Queen Victoria became a suffragette after witnessing (15[1])the poverty of her homeland. A teenage ruler of this empire was killed by falling masonry on the day of his father’s funeral, (-5[1])likely assassinated by a Dogra (DOHG-ruh) minister. This empire’s founder unified various (*) misls (“missiles”) and signed an (10[1])1806 (10[1])agreement with the British to keep his boundary at the Sutlej River. That founder of this empire renovated the Harmandir Sahib after capturing Lahore (LA-hore) (10[1])with his (10[1])Khalsa Army. For 10 points, name this 19th century empire founded by the “Lion of Punjab (“PUN”-job),” Ranjit (10[1])(“RUN”-jeet) Singh. ■END■

ANSWER: Sikh Empire
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Nick JensenMojo ShojoMichigan4215
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternWUSTL65-5
Quynh PhungPurdueMaryland B-8110
Will AlstonSenpai Notice MeChicago A8210
Chris RayOSUEpic Games10710
Liam StarnesChicago BIllinois10910
Charles HangWUSTLNorthwestern12610

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2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%17%17%91.17
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%33%116.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%33%93.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%50%114.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%67%118.00