British conquest of Sindh
| Anglo–Sindh War | |||||||||
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| Part of the British conquest of India | |||||||||
The Battle of Meeanee by Edward Armitage, 1847 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| East India Company |
Sind State (Talpur dynasty) | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Charles Napier Henry Roberts James Outram |
Mir Sher Talpur Nasir Khan Talpur Hoshu Sheedi † | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Talpur Army | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 8,800 | 45,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 526 | 4,000—12,000 | ||||||||
The Anglo–Sindh War was a successful British military campaign and conquest of Sindh into the British India from the rule of the Talpurs. The East India Company, supported by the British Army and Royal Navy, in India oversaw the campaign between February and March of 1843—two major battles were fought namely Battle of Hyderabad and Battle of Miani.
With the Royal Navy capturing the strategic outpost and Karachi, the British Army engaged in successfully capturing Sindh and Punjab that allowed protecting India from Persian or Afghan conquests while protecting British interests in Northwest India.