Battle of Meeanee

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The Battle of Meeanee was an 1843 conflict in Sindh, India (now Pakistan), in which British forces under Sir Charles Napier defeated the Talpur Amirs, leading to the annexation of Sindh into the British Empire.

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Battle of Meeanee canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
aftermath Sindh incorporated into British Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Napier’s alleged dispatch "Peccavi" ⓘ
belligerent British East India Company ⓘ
Talpur dynasty ⓘ
casusBelli British demands and disputes with Talpur Amirs of Sindh ⓘ
combatant British East India Company ⓘ
Talpur Amirs of Sindh ⓘ
linked to: Talpur dynasty
commander Mir Nasir Khan Talpur ⓘ
Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur ⓘ
Sir Charles James Napier ⓘ
commemoratedBy Meeanee Day in some British regiments ⓘ
conflict British conquest of Sindh ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
date 1843-02-17 ⓘ
era British colonial period in South Asia ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Hyderabad (1843) ⓘ
location India ⓘ
Meeanee ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
present-day Pakistan ⓘ
notableFor decisive defeat of Talpur Amirs ⓘ
key step in British annexation of Sindh ⓘ
partOf Conquest of Sindh ⓘ
expansion of British rule in India ⓘ
precededBy British diplomatic pressure on Talpur Amirs ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
territorialChange Annexation of Sindh by the British ⓘ
year 1843 ⓘ

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Battle of Miani → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Meeanee ⓘ
Battle of Miani → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Meeanee ⓘ
subject linked to: Miani