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{{War|name=Sind Campaign|dates=1842-43 |image= |result=British victory. Sind annexed. |medal=<br>[http://www.britishmedals.info/scinde_medal.html Scinde Medal]<br>Versions: Meeanee 1843; Hyderabad 1843; Meeanee, Hyderabad 1843. |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=Talpurs |category=[[:Category:Sind Campaign|Sind Campaign]] }}
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== Summary ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Napier Charles Napier] was sent to [[Sind]] in 1842 by the Governor-General [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Law,_1st_Earl_of_Ellenborough Lord Ellenborough] to suppress the Muslim rulers of the area who had become hostile following the end of the [[1st Afghan War]]. The Talpurs were thoroughly defeated at the [[Battle of Meeanee]] and this led to the annexation of Sindh by the [[Bombay Presidency]] which renamed it the Sind Division. It was separated from the Presidency becoming Sind Province in 1936.
There was fierce criticism in Great Britain of the campaign which was seen as a provocative war of annexation.
== Napier's Army ==
*[[9th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*[[Scinde Horse|Sinde Irregular Horse]]
*Detail [[Poona Horse|Poona Irregular Horse]]
*2nd Coy 2nd Battalion Camel Battery
*3rd Coy 3rd battalion Golundauze Horse and Mule Battery
*C Coy [[Madras Sappers and Miners]]
*[[22nd Regiment of Foot|HM 22nd Regiment]]
*[[101st Grenadiers|1st Grenadier Regiment]]
*[[112th Infantry|12th Bombay Native Infantry]]
*[[125th Napier's Rifles|25th Bombay Native Infantry]]
== External Link ==
