Battle of Miani

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Battle of Miani

Part of conquest of Sind

Date	February 17, 1843
Location	Miani
Result	British Victory

Belligerents

Great Britain

Talpur Amirs of Sindh

Commanders

Charles Napier

Mir Naseer Khan Talpur

Strength

2,800 ^[1]

30,000^[1]

Casualties and losses

256^[2]

5,000-6,000

The Battle of Miani (February 17, 1843) was a battle between British forces under Sir Charles Napier and the Talpur amirs of Sindh (now a province of Pakistan).

1 Reason
2 Casualties
3 Saying
4 References

[edit] Reason

The British were upset about the local amirs' stance during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–42). After Napier initially gained military control of the region by forcing an agreement with the Sindh amirs, his forces attacked the fortress at Imamgarh. After the attack on Imamgarh a popular revolt broke out, the Battle of Miani (also known as Meeanee by the British) was the decisive victory that led to the British annexation of Sindh (excluding the state of Khairpur)^[3].

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^[4]

[edit] Casualties

More than twenty thousand Baloch forces were killed while fighting British invaders.

[edit] Saying

Famous Seraeki Language 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^{[citation needed]}.