Governor-General of India Lord Dalhousie agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act with Sir Hugh Gough , the commander-in-chief , that the British East India Company 's military forces were neither adequately equipped Supply with transport and supplies Supply , nor otherwise prepared GetReady to take Conquering the field immediately .

After the victory Getting at Gujarat , Lord Dalhousie annexed the Punjab for the East India Company in 1849 .

For his services Rite the Earl of Dalhousie received Receiving the thanks of the British parliament and a step in the peerage , as marquess .