The Commissioner for Province of Sind, later the Governor of Sind, was the most important government official in the province during British rule. There were 104 years of rule, out of which 89 years were under their authority. Sind was a part of the Bombay Presidency, earlier under Sir Charles Napier. However, in 1936 it became a separate province.General Charles Napier and the Conquest of Sind
Governor of Sind 1843–1847: Sir Charles Napier became the first ever Chief Commissioner and Governor of Sind.'Scinde' was the official name for the province at that time.
Commissioners for Sind
Commissioners who served British India are as follows:
1847–1850: Robert Keith Pringlewas appointed the first Chief Commissioner of Sind in 1847 1851–1859: Henry Bartle Edward Frere 1859–1862: Jonathan Duncan Inverarity 1862–1867: Samuel Mansfield 1867–1868: William Henry Havelock 1867–1877: William Lockyer MerewetherBehram Sohrab H.J. Rustomji, Karachi 1839-1947 A Short History of the Foundation and Growth of Karachi, in Karachi During the British Era Two Histories of a Modern City, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2007. Pg 104 1877–1879: Francis Dawes Melville 1879–1887: Henry Napier Bruce Erskine 1887–1889: Charles Bradley Pritchard 1889–1891: Arthur Charles Trevor 1891–1900: Henry Evan Murchison James 1900–1902: Robert Giles 1902–1903: Alexander Cumine 1903–1904: Horace Charles Mules 1904–1905: John William Pitt Muir-Mackenzie 1905–1912: Arthur Delaval Younghusband 1912–1916: William Henry Lucas 1916–1920: Henry Staveley Lawrence 1920–1925: Jean Louis Rieu 1925–1926: Patrick Robert Cadell 1926–1929: Walter Frank Hudson 1929–1931: George Arthur Thomas 1931–1935: Raymond Evelyn Gibson 1935–1936: Godfrey Ferdinando Stratford Collins (officiating)
Governors of Sind
Governors who served British India are as follows:
1936–1941: Sir Lancelot Graham, 1 April 1936 to 31 March 1941 1941–1946: Sir Hugh Dow 1946–1947: Sir Robert Francis Mudie 1953–1954: Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola
See also Thatta Subah Governor of Sindh
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