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talpurs were the current - kalhoras were the previous rulers.
{{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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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Napier Charles Napier] was sent to [[Sind]] in 1842 to suppress the Muslim rulers of the area who had become hostile following the end of the [[1st Afghan War]]. The Sindhi coalition of Talpurs and Kalhoras was 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.
== External Link ==
[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
