Launea nudicaulis is a species of plant which is endemic to India where it is known under a common name bhatal and is found in Hazara, Mansehra, Multan, Rawalpindi and Scinde districts of Punjab and Lahore.
The Scinde Medal was authorised on 22 September 1843 and issued to those soldiers of the Honourable East India Company and of the 22nd Regiment of Foot who participated in Major General Sir Charles Napier's campaign against the Amirs of Sindh, Mir Rustam Khan Talpur, Mir Nasir Khan Talpur and Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur.