Sutlej (disambiguation)
Appearance
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The Sutlej is a river in northern India and Pakistan.
Sutlej may refer to the following subjects:
Geography
[edit]- Satluj Valley in the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, India through which the Sutlej river runs
- The Shek Sheung River in Hong Kong's New Territories is also known as the Sutlej River
- The Sutlej Channel, a waterway in British Columbia, Canada
- The Sutlej Yamuna link canal, a proposed freight canal connecting the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers
History
[edit]- The Cis-Sutlej states, a British protectorate established in 1809, and merged in to the Punjab Province of British India in 1862
- The First Anglo-Sikh War, which occurred during 1845 and 1846, is sometimes referred to as the Sutlej Campaign
- The Sutlej Medal, awarded to British soldiers involved in the war
People
[edit]- Hugh Sutlej Gough, a British military officer born in 1849 and died in 1920
Ships
[edit]- HMS Sutlej (1855), a sail frigate of the Royal Navy launched in 1855 and broken up in 1869
- HMS Sutlej (1899), an armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy launched in 1899 and scrapped in 1924
- HMIS Sutlej (U95), a sloop of the Royal Indian Navy (and later, the Indian Navy) launched in 1940 and sold for scrap in 1979
- MV Sutlej, a freighter built in 1940 and torpedoed in 1944
- SS Sutlej, a freighter built in 1907 and used to transport indentured Indian labourers to British colonies