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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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