No reference given regarding the title Lion of Sindh. He didn't die in battle of Miani. He lost one of the shortest battles in history and remained alive. There's no evidence of his courage or bravery that would earn him the title Lion of Sindh.
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(No reference given regarding the title Lion of Sindh. He didn't die in battle of Miani. He lost one of the shortest battles in history and remained alive. There's no evidence of his courage or bravery that would earn him the title Lion of Sindh.) |
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'''Mir Sher Muhammad khan Talpur''' | '''Mir Sher Muhammad khan Talpur''', belonged to the Mirpurkhas house of royal [[Talpur]]s. He was the son of Mir Ali Murad Talpur, the founder of Mirpurkhas, and was born in 1810. He was the last ruler of Talpurs who fought British General [[Charles James Napier|Charles Napier]] on 24 March 1843 at the [[Battle of Dubba|battleground of Dubbo]] to liberate Sindh from British domination; after the Baloch forces lost the battle he and his men armed with [[muskets]] retreated into the rural areas where they began insurgencies against the British invaders, in fact it was [[Charles James Napier]] who invented the term: "[[Counterinsurgency]]". He is considered{{By whom|date=April 2013}} as the pioneer of freedom struggle in Sindh. He died on 24 August 1874. | ||
[[Category:Nawabs of Pakistan]] | [[Category:Nawabs of Pakistan]] | ||