Industrial Age · South Asia · War
1843
Britain Annexes Sindh
February 17, 1843
Sir Charles Napier, defying his orders, conquered the lower Indus valley and reported home with the single Latin word "Peccavi" - "I have sinned." The pun is probably apocryphal but the conquest was real. Sindh was added to the Bombay Presidency, and another Muslim-ruled kingdom had joined the Company's collection.
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Before and after in South Asia
- Before: June 27, 1839: Ranjit Singh Dies
- After: 1845: Anglo-Sikh War Begins
Before and after in War
Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.