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==Military history== | ==Military history== | ||
[[Sind Campaign]] 1842-43 | *[[Sind Campaign]] 1842-43 | ||
*[[Truckee Campaign]] 1845 | |||
*[[Scinde Horse]] | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookpanjbwe01eastgoog#page/n6/mode/1up ''Handbook of the Panjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir, and Upper Sindh''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1883 Archive.org<br> | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookpanjbwe01eastgoog#page/n6/mode/1up ''Handbook of the Panjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir, and Upper Sindh''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1883 Archive.org<br> | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/landfiveriversa01rossgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Land of the Five Rivers and Sindh: Sketches Historical and Descriptive''] by David Ross 1883 Archive.org. Note that page 1 (at least) is missing, which may be obtained from this [http://www.archive.org/stream/landfiveriversa00rossgoog#page/n12/mode/2up link] | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/landfiveriversa01rossgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Land of the Five Rivers and Sindh: Sketches Historical and Descriptive''] by David Ross 1883 Archive.org. Note that page 1 (at least) is missing, which may be obtained from this [http://www.archive.org/stream/landfiveriversa00rossgoog#page/n12/mode/2up link] | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=d84BAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 ''History of General Sir Charles Napier's Administration of Scinde, and Campaign in the Cutchee Hills''] by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier 1851 Google Books | |||
Revision as of 07:39, 17 May 2012
Sind was part of the Bombay Presidency during the British period. It is now a province in Pakistan.
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Sind/Sindh
Other spellings: Sinde, Scinde
Status
- 1843 to 1847 - Province
- 1847 to 1936 - Division of Bombay Presidency.
- 1936 to 1947 - Province
Capital
Cities and Towns
- Dadu
- Diplo
- Hyderabad
- Jacobabad
- Jamesabad
- Karachi
- Khipro
- Kotri
- Larkana
- Mirpurkhas (Mirpur Khas)
- Mithi
- Nagar Parkar
- Rohri
- Sanghar
- Sehwan
- Shadipali
- Shikarpur
- Sukkur
- Thatta
- Umarkot
Districts
For districts during the British period see article Bombay Districts.
The following are modern districts:
- Hyderabad District
- Karachi District
- Larkana District
- Nawabshah District
- Thar and Parkar District
- Upper Sind Frontier District
Princely State
Military history
- Sind Campaign 1842-43
- Truckee Campaign 1845
- Scinde Horse
External Links
Sind Province "Wikipedia"
Sindh "wikipedia"
Panhwar.com a website about Sindh. Contains links to rare books to download, and to many articles, including two on maps called Historical Maps of Sindh and Maps of Sindh
Historical books online
- Collection of books on Sind
- Another collection of books
- Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde: accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries by Henry Pottinger (1816), Google Books,
- A Gazetteer of the Province of Sind by AW Hughes 1876 Archive.org
- The following volumes are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website: Gazetteer of the Province of Sind by EH Aitken 1907. This contains matters of a permanent character and general interest. ('A' volume) There are also additional 'B' volumes (probably seven) containing statistical tables and matters of local interest, published in 1919 and 1926-1928. The first six are available to read online on DLI
- Volume I- Karachi District, 1919, Volume II- Hyderabad District 1927, Volume III -Sukkur District 1928 (catalogued as b vol.iii (karachi district)), Volume IV- Larkana District 1927, Volume V- Nawabshah District 1926, Volume VI-Thar and Parkar District 1926 (Not available online: B Volume VII Upper Sind Frontier District, but it is probably available at the British Library).
- Handbook of the Panjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir, and Upper Sindh by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1883 Archive.org
- The Land of the Five Rivers and Sindh: Sketches Historical and Descriptive by David Ross 1883 Archive.org. Note that page 1 (at least) is missing, which may be obtained from this link
- History of General Sir Charles Napier's Administration of Scinde, and Campaign in the Cutchee Hills by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier 1851 Google Books