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The British conquest of Sindh was a successful British military campaign and conquest of Sindh into the British India from the rule of the Talpurs.The East India Company, supported by the British Army and Royal Navy, in India oversaw the campaign between February and March of 1843—two major battles were fought namely Battle of Hyderabad and Battle of Miani.
A history of British relations with Sind, 1613–1843. Karachi: National Book Foundation. OCLC 3072823. Lambrick, H.T. (1952). Sir Charles Napier and Sind. Great Britain: Oxford University Press. ASIN B0007IXTEO. Moon, Sir, Penderel (1989). The British Conquest and Dominion of India. Great Britain: Gerald Duckworth &Co. ISBN 978-0253338365.
General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB (/ ˈ n eɪ p i ər / NAY-pee-ər; [1] 10 August 1782 – 29 August 1853) was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsular and 1812 campaigns, and later a major general of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the British military conquest of Sindh, before serving as the governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in India.
The Anglo-Indian wars were the several wars fought in the Indian Subcontinent, over a period of time, between the British East India Company and different Indian states, mainly the Mughal Empire, Rohilkhand, Kingdom of Mysore, Subah of Bengal, Maratha Confederacy, Sikh Empire of Punjab, Kingdom of Sindh and others.
When they did eventually reach British lines and, according to Napier himself in his book on the battle (Conquest of Sindh), he had to ride amongst his officers and troops to stop them from falling back in disarray in the face of the ferocity of the Baluch who had reached the British lines. Of the Baluch army of 8000 at Miani, around six ...
Sir Bartle Frere, Commissioner of Sind during British India Sir Lancelot Graham as Governor of Sind. Commissioners who served British India are as follows: 1847–1850: Robert Keith Pringle [3] 1851–1859: Henry Bartle Edward Frere [4] 1859–1862: Jonathan Duncan Inverarity [5] 1862–1867: Samuel Mansfield; 1867–1868: William Henry Havelock
The British desired to increase their profitability from Sindh and carried out extensive work on the irrigation system in Sindh, for example, the Jamrao Canal project. However, the local Sindhis were described as both eager and lazy and for this reason, the British authorities encouraged the immigration of Punjabi peasants into Sindh as they ...
The wars that took place involving the British East India Company or British India during the colonial era: Anglo-Afghan Wars; Anglo-Burmese Wars; Anglo-Manipur War; Anglo-Maratha Wars; Anglo-Mysore Wars; Anglo-Nepalese War (Gorkha War) Anglo-Sikh War; British conquest of Sindh; Indian Rebellion of 1857 (First War of Independence, Sepoy Mutiny ...