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unusual facts about battle of Miani


John Lysaght Pennefather

First, at Meanee, India, where it was said that 500 British soldiers defeated 35,000 Indians.


Battle of Dubba

Charles Napier, first forced Talpur Mirs of Sindh to sign new agreement and after the death of Mir Sher Muhammad Khan Talpur during the Battle of Miani, Charles Napier occupied Central Sindh including Hyderabad the then capital of Sindh state.

John Lysaght Pennefather

Up to this time he had seen no active service, but in 1843 his was the one European regiment in the small force with which Sir Charles Napier won the battle of Miani (Meanee) (17 February), and it bore the brunt of that action, in which two thousand men defeated thirty-five thousand.


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