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{{War|name=Sind Campaign|dates=1842-43 |image= |result=British victory. Sind annexed. |medal=<br>[http://www.britishmedals.info/scinde_medal.html Scinde Medal]<br>Versions: Meeanee 1843; Hyderabad 1843; Meeanee, Hyderabad 1843. |combatant1=[[East India CompanyCharles Napier]] |combatant2=Talpurs |category=was sent to [[:Category:Sind Campaign|Sind Campaign]] }}{{Battlemap|war=Sind Campaign |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.000472d71621f5e6082b0&ll=25.609333,68.451691&spn=0.993173,0.915985&t=p&z=10}}in 1842 by the Governor-General [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Napier Charles NapierEdward_Law,_1st_Earl_of_Ellenborough Lord Ellenborough] was sent to [[Sind]] in 1842 to suppress the Muslim rulers of the area who had become hostile following the end of the [[1st Afghan War]]. The Talpurs were thoroughly defeated at the [[Battle of Meeanee]] and this led to the annexation of Sindh by the [[Bombay Presidency]] which renamed it the Sind Division. It was separated from the Presidency becoming Sind Province in 1936.
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{{War|name=Sind Campaign|dates=1842-43 |image= |result=British victory. Sind annexed. |medal=<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scinde_Medal Scinde Medal]<br>Versions: Meeanee 1843; Hyderabad 1843; Meeanee, Hyderabad 1843. |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=Talpurs |category=[[:Category:Sind Campaign|Sind Campaign]] }}
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== Summary ==
There was fierce criticism in Great Britain of the campaign which was seen as a provocative war of annexation.
==Related articles ==
For further details of events during this period see the following articles
{|
|[[Battle of Hyderabad]]
|15 February 1843
|-
|[[Battle of Meeanee]]
|17 February 1843
|-
|[[Battle of Dubba]]
|24 March 1843
|-
|[[Battle of Oodera]]
|14 June 1843
|}
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/134/mode/1up/ Lord Ellenborough (1790-1871)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/218/mode/1up/ John Jacob (1812-1858)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/310/mode/1up Charles Napier (1782-1853)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/325/mode/1up/ James Outram (1803-1863)]<br>
== Napier's Army ==
*[[9th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*[[Scinde Horse|Sinde Irregular Horse]]
*Detail [[Poona Horse|Poona Irregular Horse]]
*2nd Coy 2nd Battalion Camel Battery
*3rd Coy 3rd battalion Golundauze Horse and Mule Battery
*C Coy [[Madras Sappers and Miners]]
*[[22nd Regiment of Foot|HM 22nd Regiment]]
*[[101st Grenadiers|1st Grenadier Regiment]]
*[[112th Infantry|12th Bombay Native Infantry]]
*[[125th Napier's Rifles|25th Bombay Native Infantry]]
== External Link ==
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Es6x4u_g19UC&pg=PA46&dq=Sind&as_brr=3&hl=en#PPA46,M1 Campaign Chronology] Google Books<br>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Sind#History Sind] 1911 Encyclopedia History<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Napier#India Napier & Sind Campaign 1842-43] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=7645730 Sind Division] Wikipedia<br>*[http://img.freebase.com/api/trans/raw//wikipedia/images/commons_id/395338 Map of Sind 1909] img.freebase.com<br>*[http://www.thornber.net/england/htmlfiles/napier.html Charles Napier] www.thornber.net ===Historical books online===*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/20239/page/2246 "Report of the capture of Oomeroote, by the troops under the orders of Major Woodburn"] [25th Regiment] Report dated April 5, 1843. ''The London Gazette''. Publication date: 4 July 1843 Issue:20239 Page:2245*[https://archive.org/details/conquestofscinde00napiuoft ''The Conquest of Scinde: With Some Introductory Passages in the Life of Major-General Sir Charles James Napier''] by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier 1845 2nd Edition, containing Parts I and II. Archive.org*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=jocxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''The History of General Sir Charles Napier's Conquest of Scinde''] by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier 2nd Edition 1857 Google Books*[https://archive.org/details/conquestscindea00outrgoog ''The Conquest of Scinde: A Commentary: Part I General Sir Charles Napier's Negotiations with the Ameers''] by Sir James Outram 1846 Archive.org*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=B-RAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA321 ''The Conquest of Scinde: A Commentary: Part II Campaign in Scinde and Treatment of the Ameers''] by Sir James Outram 1846 Google Books*[https://archive.org/details/britishrelations0000hutt/page/n7/mode/2up ''British Relations with Sind, 1799-1843 : an Anatomy of Imperialism''] by Robert A Huttenback 1962. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
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[[Category:Sind Campaign| Sind Campaign]]
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