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 GENRAL ZORAWAR SINGH stands out in this period  for  extending state territories to Ladakh,Baltistan,and upto Lake Mansarovar in tibet. Gen.zoravar was appointed adminstrator of kistwar by Ghulab singh who was governor of the place under the sikh rule. His first expedition was limited to annex ladakh.In July 1834,he crossed to suru valley via warwan pass and crossed to Pashkum andfighting his way he defeated the king of Leh Tse  Pal Namgyal who accepted the suzarinity of raja of jammu. But the ladakhis rebelled and zorawar came second time and succeeded in conqering and annexing Ladhakh to jammu and kashmir in 1840. Then he turned his attention to conquering Baltistan, and Tibet.Baltistan was eventually overpowered completely in instalments by him and his successors and all the rajas of the kargil,askardu,gilgit.nagar haveli,and swat accepted the suzarinity of dogras and entered  separate treaties with jammu durbar agreeing to pay an annual tribute and subjects like defence,foreign policy and trade  with dogra durbar. After this compaign,zorawar singh started for conquest of Tibet but due to severe winter  and lack of logistics ,he was defeated by the tibetans getting killed on the battlefield in december 1841.His successor,general Dinanath defeateated the tibitis near panesar and a treaty of peace and friendship was signed  in september 1842 between khalsa durbar,Ghulab singh on the state side and Guru lama ,emperor of china on the tibet side demarcating the border between tibet and the state ,agreeing to peace and friendship and free passage of trade between the two sides. THE PRESENT DISPENSATION IN CHINA DOESNOT HONOUR THIS TREATY SAYING THAT THE BOUNDARY IS UNDEMARCATED . They have occupied large tracts of this territory and Aksai chin under this pretext for their unstated (though easily cognisable) ulterior motives.