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'''This was one of the actions in the [[Category:Battles|Hyderabad, Battle ofSind Campaign]]'''
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof= [[:Category:Sind Campaign|Sind Campaign]]
|date=15 February 1843
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/[Hyderabad%2C_Sindh , Sind|Hyderabad]], [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Sind [Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]|presidency=[[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.390107,68.354214&z=13&t=h&hl=en 25.390107°N 68.354214°E]
|result=British retreat
|territory=
|combatant1=East India Company
|combatant2=Balucni Baluchi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talpur Talpurs]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020962/ Maj James Outram]
|commander2=Meer Shahdad Khan<br>Meer Mahomed Khan|strength1= 100 men|strength2= 8,000 men<br>6 guns|casualties1= 3 killed<br>10 wounded<br>four missing |casualties2=60 killed
}}
== Summary ==
British demands to cede of territory and taxation were finally acceded to by the ruling Mirs. The Baluchis of the Mirs' army were not appeased however and attacked the British Residency outside Hyderabad. Major Outram with a small number of defenders were forced to retreat to two steamers on the Indus in which they withdrew.
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.com/books?id=A501AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA177&dq=Hyderabad&as_brr=1&ei=5sOASLfsLqHQjgGX_9mhBg#PPA177,M1 Battle at Hyderabad] Google Books ==== Historical books on- line ====''A Gazetteer of the Province of Sind'' by A W Hughes 1876 [http://www.archive.org/stream/agazetteerprovi00unkngoog#page/n53/mode/1up British Residency attacked] archive.org [[Category:Battles|Hyderabad, Battle at of]][[Category:Sind Campaign|Hyderabad, Battle of]]
