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The Sindhi people live mainly in the north-western part of India. Many Sindhis inhabit the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh as well as the Indian capital of New Delhi. Most Sindhis of India follow the Hindu religion (90%), although Sindhi Sikhs are a prominent minority (5-10%).
The Sindhi-Sipahi of Rajasthan and the Sandhai Muslims of Gujarat are communities of Sindhi Rajputs settled in India. Closely related to the Sindhi Rajputs are the Sindhi Jats, who are found mainly in the Indus delta region. However, tribes are of little importance in Sindh as compared to in Punjab and Balochistan.
Besides Sindh the historical homeland of Sindhis are regions like Kacchi Plain, the Lasbela and Makran regions in Balochistan, [1] the Bahawalpur region [2] of Punjab, [3] the Kutch region of Gujarat, [4] [5] and Jaisalmer and Barmer regions of Rajasthan, India. [6] There are many Sindhi-Hindus who migrated to India after partition in 1947. [7] [8]
The Sindhi diaspora (Sindhi: ٻاهري ملڪي سنڌي) consists of Sindhi people who have emigrated from the historical Sindh province of British India, [1] as well as the modern Sindh province of Pakistan, [2] to other countries and regions of the world, as well as their descendants.
In this category "Sindhi tribes in India" there are those tribes of Sindh who migrated to India and live both sides of the border. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; ... The following is a list of notable Sindhi people who have origins in the Sindh ... India. Radhakrishna Hariram ...
Jhulelal (), the Ishta Devta of the Sindhi Hindus.. Sindhi Hindus are Sindhis who follow Hinduism.They are spread across modern-day Sindh, Pakistan and India.After the partition of India in 1947, many Sindhi Hindus were among those who fled from Pakistan to the dominion of India, in what was a wholesale exchange of Hindu and Muslim populations in some areas.
Sindhi Bhil is known to have many old Sindhi words, which were lost after Arabic, Persian, and Chaghatai influence. [45] [46] The variety of Sindhi spoken by Sindhi Hindus who emigrated to India is known as Dukslinu Sindhi. Furthermore, Kutchi and Jadgali are sometimes classified as dialects of Sindhi rather than independent languages.