British conquest of Sindh

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The British conquest of Sindh was the 19th-century campaign in which the British East India Company defeated local rulers and annexed the Sindh region (in present-day Pakistan) into its Indian territories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict
military campaign
war of conquest
belligerent British East India Company
Talpur rulers of Sindh
linked to: Talpur dynasty
cause British desire to control the Indus River trade routes
strategic concerns about Russian influence in Central Asia
chronologyWithinRegion earlier than annexation of Punjab by the British
commander Charles James Napier
General Sir Charles Napier
conflictType colonial war
countryInvolved British East India Company
United Kingdom
endTime 1843
followedBy British administration of Sindh
incorporation of Sindh into the Bombay Presidency
hasPart First Anglo-Sindh War
linked to: Anglo-Sindh War

Second Anglo-Sindh War
linked to: Anglo-Sindh War
historicalPeriod British India
historicalRegionAffected Sindh
impact establishment of British control over lower Indus Valley
integration of Sindh into British Indian administrative structures
languageOfPrimarySources English
Sindhi
location Indian subcontinent
Sindh
present-day Pakistan
militaryTheater North-Western India
linked to: northwestern India
notableCommander Major-General Sir Charles Napier
opponent Amirs of Sindh
linked to: Amir of Sindh

Talpur dynasty
opposingCommander Mir Nasir Khan Talpur
Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur
partOf British colonial expansion in South Asia
expansion of British rule in India
precededBy British political and commercial treaties with the Amirs of Sindh
relatedTo Anglo-Afghan Wars
British Raj
linked to: British India
result British victory
annexation of Sindh by the British East India Company
end of Talpur rule in Sindh
significantBattle Battle of Dubbo
Battle of Hyderabad (1843)
Battle of Miani
startTime 1843
territorialChange Sindh annexed to British India

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Battle of Dubbo partOf British conquest of Sindh
Charles James Napier conflict Conquest of Sindh
linked to: British conquest of Sindh
Battle of Miani partOf Conquest of Sindh
linked to: British conquest of Sindh
Amir of Sindh endCause British annexation of Sindh
linked to: British conquest of Sindh
Amir of Sindh endCause Conquest of Sindh
linked to: British conquest of Sindh
Battle of Miani conflict Conquest of Sindh
subject linked to: Miani
linked to: British conquest of Sindh
Battle of Miani partOf British conquest of Sindh
subject linked to: Miani
Battle of Meeanee partOf Conquest of Sindh
linked to: British conquest of Sindh
Battle of Meeanee conflict British conquest of Sindh
Battle of Meeanee territorialChange Annexation of Sindh by the British
linked to: British conquest of Sindh