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"
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
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