Kutchi people
 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification.(May 2017) |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 1 million[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India,Pakistan | |
| Languages | |
| Kutchi Additionally:Gujarati,Hindi-Urdu,orSindhi | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism,Islam,Jainism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indo-Aryan peoples |
TheKutchi people(KutchiandGujarati:કચ્છી(Gujarati script);Sindhi:ڪڇي(Perso-Arabic);कच्छी(Devanagari)) traditionally hail from theKutch districtof the westernIndianstate ofGujaratand theSindhregion ofPakistan.[2]
History
[edit]Some of the Kutchi people of India converted fromHinduismtoIslamin the 15th century A.D., largely through the efforts of Saiyid Abdullah.[3]TheKutchi Memonswere encouraged to spread throughout India, though many remained in Kutch.[3]
Kutchis, being a part of the Indian diaspora, have maintained their traditions abroad; in 1928, Kutchi Hindus in Nairobi held a Swaminarayan procession in which 1200 people attended.[4]
The Kutchis have been living in southern part Sindh, today called Kutch, for decades.[2]
Notable Kutchi people
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- Shyamji Krishna Varma,revolutionary, lawyer, and journalist
- Abdullah Hussain Haroon,Former Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
- Abdul Qadir Patel,Pakistani Politician andPakistan Peoples Party ParliamentariansMemberNational Assembly of PakistanfromNA-248 (Karachi West-I).
- Azim Premji,industrialist
- El-Farouk Khaki
- Fahmida Mirza,first femaleSpeakerof theNational Assembly of Pakistan
- Faisal Devji
- Gulgee,Pakistani artist
- Hussain Shah,Pakistani boxer
- Harish Bhimani,Indian voiceover artist
- Ian Iqbal Rashid
- Janvi Chheda,Actress, director, and model
- John Nuraney,Canadian politician
- Anandji Virji Shah,Bollywood music director
- Kalyanji Virji Shah,Bollywood music director
- Laxmichand "Babla" Virji Shah,musician and percussionist
- Naheed Nenshi,36th mayor of Calgary
- Omar Sachedina,CTV Broadcaster
- Salim Merchant
- Shafique Virani
- Shekhar Ravjianifrom the music duoVishal–Shekhar
- Sulaiman Merchant
- Viju Shah,music director
- Vipul Amrutlal Shah,Bollywood director producer
- Chandra Hirjee,World Amateur Snooker Championship winner 1958, Indian Open Billiards Championship winner 1947, 56 and 58.
- Dhairya DandIndian American inventor and artist
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"2011 Census tables: C-16, population by mother tongue".Census of India Website.Retrieved4 November2018.
- ^ab"Is Kutchi Rabita Committee any good in a peaceful Lyari?".www.thenews.com.pk.Retrieved9 June2020.
- ^abSrinivas, Smriti (2001).Landscapes of Urban Memory: The Sacred and the Civic in India's High-Tech City.University of Minnesota Press.p. 280.ISBN978-1-4529-0489-4.
- ^Williams, Raymond Brady (8 November 2018).Introduction to Jethalal Hinduism.Cambridge University Press. p. 220.ISBN978-1-108-42114-0.
External links
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