During which governor general’s time was the annexation of Sindh in British State done?
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Chelmsford
(C) Lord Ellenborough
(D) Lord Hastings
Correct Answer : Lord Ellenborough
Question Asked : SSC Junior Engineer (Civil) Exam 2018
Explanation : The East India Company because of the strategic positions of the Ports of Sind had tried its hand as early as 1775 to open a factory out there. But they abandoned it in 1792. In August 1842, Lord Ellenborough placed Major-General Sir : Charles J. Napier (1782-1853) in command of Sind, with the mission of assisting the evacuation of British forces from Kandahar, Sind was annexed in 1843.
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