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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 CompanyCharles Napier]] |combatant2=Talpurs |category=was sent to [[:Category:Sind Campaign|Sind Campaign]] }}{{Battlemap|war=Sind Campaign |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.000472d71621f5e6082b0&ll=25.609333,68.451691&spn=0.993173,0.915985&t=p&z=10}}in 1842 by the Governor-General [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Napier Charles Napier] was sent to [[Sind]Edward_Law,_1st_Earl_of_Ellenborough Lord Ellenborough] in 1842 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. ==Related articles ==For further details of events during this period see the following articles{||[[Battle of Hyderabad]]|15 February 1843|-|[[Battle of Meeanee]]|17 February 1843|-|[[Battle of Dubba]]|24 March 1843|-|[[Battle of Oodera]]|14 June 1843|} == Biographies ==Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/134/mode/1up/ Lord Ellenborough (1790-1871)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/218/mode/1up/ John Jacob (1812-1858)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/310/mode/1up Charles Napier (1782-1853)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/325/mode/1up/ James Outram (1803-1863)]<br>

*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Es6x4u_g19UC&pg=PA46&dq=Sind&as_brr=3&hl=en#PPA46,M1 Campaign Chronology] Google Books<br>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Sind#History Sind] 1911 Encyclopedia History<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Napier#India Napier & Sind Campaign 1842-43] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=7645730 Sind Division] Wikipedia<br>*[http://img.freebase.com/api/trans/raw//wikipedia/images/commons_id/395338 Map of Sind 1909] img.freebase.com<br>*[http://www.thornber.net/england/htmlfiles/napier.html Charles Napier] www.thornber.net ===Historical books online===*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/20239/page/2246 "Report of the capture of Oomeroote, by the troops under the orders of Major Woodburn"] [25th Regiment] Report dated April 5, 1843. ''The London Gazette''. Publication date: 4 July 1843 Issue:20239 Page:2245*[https://archive.org/details/conquestofscinde00napiuoft ‪''The Conquest of Scinde: With Some Introductory Passages in the Life of Major-General Sir Charles James Napier''] ‬ by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier 1845 2nd Edition, containing Parts I and II. Archive.org*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=jocxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''The History of General Sir Charles Napier's Conquest of Scinde''] by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier 2nd Edition 1857 Google Books*[https://archive.org/details/conquestscindea00outrgoog ''The Conquest of Scinde: A Commentary: Part I General Sir Charles Napier's Negotiations with the Ameers''] by Sir James Outram 1846 Archive.org*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=B-RAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA321 ''The Conquest of Scinde: A Commentary: Part II Campaign in Scinde and Treatment of the Ameers''] by Sir James Outram 1846 Google Books*[https://archive.org/details/britishrelations0000hutt/page/n7/mode/2up ''British Relations with Sind, 1799-1843 : an Anatomy of Imperialism''] by Robert A Huttenback 1962. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.