On 19 April 1848 Patrick Vans Agnew of the civil service Rite and Lieutenant William Anderson of the Bombay European regiment , having been sent Sending to take charge of Multan from Diwan Mulraj , were murdered Killing there , and within a short time the Sikh troops joined Becoming_a_member in open Openness rebellion .

Despite the brilliant successes gained Getting by Herbert Edwardes in the Second Anglo-Sikh War with Mulraj , and Gough 's indecisive victories at Ramnagar in November , at Sadulapur in December , and at the Battle of Chillianwala on 13 January 1849 , the stubborn resistance at Multan showed that the task required the utmost resources of the government .