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Sindhis in India
Sindhis in India or Indian Sindhis (सिन्धी, سنڌي, Sindhī), refer to a socio-ethnic group of Sindhi people living in the Republic of India, originating from Sindh region.
After the 1947 Partition of India into the dominions of the new Muslim-majority Pakistan and remaining Hindu-majority India, a million non-Muslim Sindhis migrated to independent India. As per the 2011 census of India, there are 2,772,364 Sindhi speakers in the Indian Republic. However, this number does not include ethnic Sindhis who no longer speak the language and also includes Kutchis who may not identify as ethnic Sindhis (especially those in Gujarat).
Sindhi people have lived in the western part of India even before the partition of India in 1947. The regions such as Kutch, Kathiawad (Saurashtra), Jaisalmer, and Barmer have historically shared borders with Sindh (now in Pakistan). This geographical proximity contributed to the migration and settlement of Sindhi people in these regions over centuries, likely starting from ancient times since the Indus Valley Civilization period.
Many Sindhi Muslims have been living in western India for a long time, and even after the partition, they chose to reside there. Some of these muslim Sindhis migrated for trade, jobs, herding and farming. Among them, the Sindhi Muslims of Gujarat and the Sindhi Sipahi of Rajasthan are particularly well-known.
Many of the Sindhi Hindus migrated to India after partition in 1947. They were settled in military camps in different cities of India.
With the teachings of Guru Nanak during one of his travels to Sindh, many Hindu Sindhis adopted Sikhism. Many Hindu Sindhi women learned the Gurmukhī alphabet to enable them to read the Guru Granth Sahib. Many Amils, a sect of Hindu Sindhis, adopted Sikhism. There used to be a time, before the partition of India, when many non-Muslim Sindhis were Sehajdhari/Nanakpanthi Sikhs.
During the early 1900s, the Chief Khalsa Diwan of Amritsar sent out missionary groups once a year to Sindh to work among the Sehajdhari Sindhis. Over a period of 30 years, with scarce resources, this missionary activity increased from 1,000 Keshdhari Sindhis in 1901 to over 39,000 in 1941, a significant number in those days.
The bond of the Sehajdhari Sindhis with Sikhism is legendary. Like the Sikhs of Punjab, the Sehajdhari Sikhs of Sindh also left behind their homeland and are now dispersed all over India and abroad. Their main pilgrimage centres are Nankana Sahib and Dera Sahib in Punjab, and Sadh Bela near Sukkur in Sindh. Sadh Bela is an Udasi shrine built in 1823.
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Sindhis in India
Sindhis in India or Indian Sindhis (सिन्धी, سنڌي, Sindhī), refer to a socio-ethnic group of Sindhi people living in the Republic of India, originating from Sindh region.
After the 1947 Partition of India into the dominions of the new Muslim-majority Pakistan and remaining Hindu-majority India, a million non-Muslim Sindhis migrated to independent India. As per the 2011 census of India, there are 2,772,364 Sindhi speakers in the Indian Republic. However, this number does not include ethnic Sindhis who no longer speak the language and also includes Kutchis who may not identify as ethnic Sindhis (especially those in Gujarat).
Sindhi people have lived in the western part of India even before the partition of India in 1947. The regions such as Kutch, Kathiawad (Saurashtra), Jaisalmer, and Barmer have historically shared borders with Sindh (now in Pakistan). This geographical proximity contributed to the migration and settlement of Sindhi people in these regions over centuries, likely starting from ancient times since the Indus Valley Civilization period.
Many Sindhi Muslims have been living in western India for a long time, and even after the partition, they chose to reside there. Some of these muslim Sindhis migrated for trade, jobs, herding and farming. Among them, the Sindhi Muslims of Gujarat and the Sindhi Sipahi of Rajasthan are particularly well-known.
Many of the Sindhi Hindus migrated to India after partition in 1947. They were settled in military camps in different cities of India.
With the teachings of Guru Nanak during one of his travels to Sindh, many Hindu Sindhis adopted Sikhism. Many Hindu Sindhi women learned the Gurmukhī alphabet to enable them to read the Guru Granth Sahib. Many Amils, a sect of Hindu Sindhis, adopted Sikhism. There used to be a time, before the partition of India, when many non-Muslim Sindhis were Sehajdhari/Nanakpanthi Sikhs.
During the early 1900s, the Chief Khalsa Diwan of Amritsar sent out missionary groups once a year to Sindh to work among the Sehajdhari Sindhis. Over a period of 30 years, with scarce resources, this missionary activity increased from 1,000 Keshdhari Sindhis in 1901 to over 39,000 in 1941, a significant number in those days.
The bond of the Sehajdhari Sindhis with Sikhism is legendary. Like the Sikhs of Punjab, the Sehajdhari Sikhs of Sindh also left behind their homeland and are now dispersed all over India and abroad. Their main pilgrimage centres are Nankana Sahib and Dera Sahib in Punjab, and Sadh Bela near Sukkur in Sindh. Sadh Bela is an Udasi shrine built in 1823.