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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.390107,68.354214&z=13&t=h&hl=en 25.390107°N 68.354214°E] |altitude= 13 m (43 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad,_Sindh Hyderabad]|stateprovince= [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh Sindh]]|country= [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]]
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'''Hyderabad''' was the seat of government for the ruling families of [[Sind]] in the 18th and 19th centuries. It During the British period it was also the first headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_318.gif Hyderabad District] and the capital of the Sind under division of [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] until the British, until 1840s when it was shifted to [[Karachi]] in the 1840s. See [[Bombay Districts]].
It was the location of a cantonment, with a barracks known as Napier Barracks.<ref>Lane, Trudy [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2001-01/0980214191 Mortimer L.D.] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 23 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2015</ref>
== History Military history ==[[Sind Campaign]] 1842-43<br>[[Battle of Hyderabad]] 1843<br>[[Battle of Dubba]] 1843<br>[[Battle of Meeanee]] 1843
==Forts==
* Pucca Qila
*[[ Hyderabad Fort]]
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_327.gif "Hyderabad City"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' Volume 13, page 321.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/470/mode/2up "Hyderabad (Scinde)"] page 470 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
==FortsReferences ==* Pucca Qila <references />
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