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According to the census of India 1951, nearly 776,000 Sindhi Hindus were forced to migrate to India to avoid conversion to Islam. [9] Despite this migration of Hindus, a significant Sindhi Hindu population still resides in Pakistan's Sindh province where they numbered around 2.28 million in 1998 [ 10 ] and 4.21 million as per the 2017 census of ...
Vintage group photo of Indian Hindu Sindhi people Hinduism along with Buddhism was the predominant religion in Sindh before the Arab Islamic conquest. [ 112 ] The Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang , who visited the region in the years 630–644, said that Buddhism was declining in the region. [ 113 ]
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.
Most Sindhi tribes, clans and surnames are a modified form of a patronymic and typically end with the suffix - ani, Ja/Jo, or Potra/Pota, which is used to denote descent from a common male ancestor. One explanation states that the -ani suffix is a Sindhi variant of 'anshi', derived from the Sanskrit word 'ansh', which means 'descended from'.
3.1 Indian. 3.2 Pakistani. 4 Historical figures. 5 Journalists. ... The following is a list of notable Sindhi people who have origins in the Sindh province. [1 ...
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.
Pages in category "Indian Sindhi people" The following 197 pages are in this category, out of 197 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Bhudo Advani;
Sindhi tribes in India (2 C, 20 P) T. Talpur dynasty (1 C, 20 P) Tribes of Kutch (3 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Sindhi tribes" ... Baloch people in Sindh; Bhadala ...