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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.

Governor of Sindh

• 1843–1847: Sir Charles Napier became the first ever Chief Commissioner and Governor of Sind.

Commissioners for Sind

Commissioners who served British India are as follows:

• 1847–1850: Robert Keith Pringle
• 1851–1859: Henry Bartle Edward Frere
• 1859–1862: Jonathan Duncan Inverarity
• 1862–1867: Samuel Mansfield
• 1867–1868: William Henry Havelock
• 1867–1877: William Lockyer Merewether
• 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

References

1. General Charles Napier and the Conquest of Sind
2. 'Scinde' was the official name for the province at that time.
3. was appointed the first Chief Commissioner of Sind in 1847
4. "Frere, Sir Henry Bartle Edward (FRR874HB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. "Obituary". The Times. London. 6 May 1882. p. 12.
6. Behram 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
7. "Governors". Sindh Governor House. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
8. Miall, Leonard (1999-08-18). "Obituary: David Graham". The Independent. London.
9. "No. 38161". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1947. p. 7.
10. "Governors". Sindh Governor House. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
11. "Governors of Sind". Sindh Governor Official site. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

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