Battle of Miani

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Miani


caption=
partof= the conquest of Sindh
date=February 17, 1843
place=Miani
result=British Victory
combatant1=Great Britain
combatant2= Talpur Amirs of Sindh
commander1=Charles Napier
commander2=Mir Naseer Khan Talpur
strength1=2,800 Sir Charles James Napier - Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition]
strength2= 30,000
casualties1=256 [The History of British India: A Chronology By John F. Riddick]
casualties2=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, Pakistan.

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) [Meeanee - Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition] .

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 [ [http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/napier.html General Charles Napier and the Conquest of Sind] ]

Casualties

Five thousand Baloch were killed or wounded while fighting British invaders. [ [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_321.gifMiāni - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 315.] ]

aying

Famous Seraiki slogan of Sindh "Mar waisun par Sindh na ddaysun" ( _sd. 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 nationalistsFact|date=September 2007.

References

* cite journal
date=11 April 1843
title= Dispatches from Major-General Sir Charles Napier, KCB
journal= London Gazette
issue= 20212
pages= 1193
publisher= Stationery Office
location=London
url=http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=20212&geotype=London&gpn=1193&type=ArchivedIssuePage
format=pdf
accessdate=2008-09-14|
* cite journal
date=6 June 1843
title= Dispatches from Major-General Sir Charles Napier, KCB
journal= London Gazette
issue= 20231
pages= 1893
publisher= Stationery Office
location=London
url=http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=20231&geotype=London&gpn=1893&type=ArchivedIssuePage
format=pdf
accessdate=2008-09-14