Sind

Sind is a province in Pakistan that was formerly a province of British India from 1843. Sind was part of the Bombay Presidency.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Sind/Sindh
Other spellings: Sinde, Scinde

Status

• 1843 to 1847 - Province
• 1847 to 1936 - Part of Bombay Presidency
• 1936 to 1947 - Province

Capital

• Hyderabad - 1843 to 1840s
• Karachi - 1840s to 1947

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

Not all of the following districts existed from 1843. Some were created in the late 19th to early 20th century.

• Hyderabad District
• Karachi District
• Larkana District
• Nawabshah District
• Thar and Parkar District
• Upper Sind Frontier District

Princely State

• Khairpur State

History

Sind Campaign 1842-43

External Links

Sind Province "Wikipedia"
Sindh "wikipedia"
Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde: accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries by Henry Pottinger (1816), Google Books,
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
A Gazetteer of the Province of Sind by AW Hughes 1876 Archive.org