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 NERFINISHED
Talpur rulers of Sindh NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
General Sir Charles Napier NERFINISHED
conflictType colonial war
countryInvolved British East India Company NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
endTime 1843
followedBy British administration of Sindh NERFINISHED
incorporation of Sindh into the Bombay Presidency
hasPart First Anglo-Sindh War NERFINISHED
Second Anglo-Sindh War NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod British India NERFINISHED
historicalRegionAffected Sindh NERFINISHED
impact establishment of British control over lower Indus Valley
integration of Sindh into British Indian administrative structures
languageOfPrimarySources English
Sindhi
location Indian subcontinent
Sindh NERFINISHED
present-day Pakistan
militaryTheater North-Western India NERFINISHED
notableCommander Major-General Sir Charles Napier NERFINISHED
opponent Amirs of Sindh NERFINISHED
Talpur dynasty NERFINISHED
opposingCommander Mir Nasir Khan Talpur NERFINISHED
Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
British Raj NERFINISHED
result British victory
annexation of Sindh by the British East India Company
end of Talpur rule in Sindh
significantBattle Battle of Dubbo NERFINISHED
Battle of Hyderabad (1843) NERFINISHED
Battle of Miani NERFINISHED
startTime 1843
territorialChange Sindh annexed to British India

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Battle of Dubbo partOf British conquest of Sindh
Charles James Napier conflict British conquest of Sindh
this entity surface form: Conquest of Sindh
Battle of Miani partOf British conquest of Sindh
this entity surface form: Conquest of Sindh