Battle of Miani
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| Battle of Miani | |||||||
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| Part of Anglo-Baluchi War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Great Britain | Talpur Amirs of Sindh | ||||||
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| Charles Napier | Mir Naseer Khan Talpur | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,800 | > 20,000 | ||||||
The Battle of Sindh (February 17, 1843) was a battle between British forces under Sir Charles Napier and the Talpur amirs of the now Pakistani region of Sindh. The British were upset about the local amirs' stance during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–42). After giving military control of the region to Napier, who forced a new agreement with the Sindh amirs and attacked the fortress at Imamgarh, a popular revolt broke out. The Battle of Miani was the decisive victory that led to the British annexation of Sindh (excluding the state of Khairpur).
Later, on March 24, 1843, Mir Sher Muhammad Khan Talpur , the ruler of Southeastern Sindh (Mirpurkhas) tried to liberate Sindh from the occupation of the British East India Company forces at the Battle of Dubbo but he could not succeed.
More than twenty thousand baloch forces were killed while fighting British invaders. Famous slogan of Sindh Mar waisun par Sindh na ddaysun (Sindhi: مر ويسون پر سنڌ نه ڏيسون ) (we prefer to die instead of giving up the Sindh) raised in the battle by Mir Jan Muhammad Talpur, later became a famous Sindhi saying, still popular among Sindhi nationalists.
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