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The term "Hindu Pathan" is used for Hindus who hailed or were born in the predominately Pashtun regions of British India (now Pakistan), [23] [24] as well as those who arrived from Afghanistan. [25] The 1947 partition of India led to an exodus of Hindus settled in the former North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Baluchistan , which are part ...
It was the second largest Muslim princely state in pre-independence India, after Hyderabad State. In 1949, the state acceded to the Dominion of India (see Pathans of Madhya Pradesh for more information). Kurwai State (1713–1948), founded by Muhammad Diler Khan, a Pashtun rising through merit in the Mughal Army.
Pathans (Pashtuns) In Oudh State, India. There are many Pashto-speaking Pakhtuns in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. [28] Although their exact numbers are hard to determine, they are at least more than 100,000, for it is known that in 1954, over 100,000 nomadic Pakhtuns living in Kashmir Valley were granted Indian citizenship. [29]
There are also Hindu Pashtuns, sometimes known as the Sheen Khalai, who have moved predominantly to India. [ 273 ] [ 274 ] A small Pashtun Hindu community, known as the Sheen Khalai meaning 'blue skinned' (referring to the color of Pashtun women's facial tattoos ), migrated to Unniara, Rajasthan , India after partition . [ 275 ]
Amir Khan was a Hindustani Pathan and a North Indian Muslim. [1] Born and bred in Sambhal , [ 2 ] Amir Khan was the son of a Zamindar in Uttar Pradesh , Hayat Khan, while his grandfather Taleh Khan was a Pashtun from the Salarzai tribe of District Buner in modern-day Pakistan who had migrated to and acquired land in Rohilkhand .
Indian people of Pashtun descent (140 P) R. Rohilla (2 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Pashtun diaspora in India" ... Pandit Aur Pathan; Pathans in India; Pathans of ...
The Pathans arrived in Gujarat during the Middle Ages onwards, as soldiers in the armies of the various Hindu and Muslim rulers of the region. Historical evidence suggests that the earliest settlement of the Pashtuns was during the rule of Mohammad Tughlak in the 14th century, when military colonies were established.
Patthargarh fort outside Najibabad, built by Najib-ud-Daula in 1755. 1814–15 painting.. The founder of the state of Rohilkhand was Ali Muhammad Khan who was a Jat [33] [34] boy of age of eight when he was adopted by Daud Khan Rohilla.