People from the Kutch district of the western Indian state of Gujarat
Ethnic group
The Kutchi people (Kutchi and Gujarati : કચ્છી (Gujarati script ) ; Sindhi : ڪڇي (Perso-Arabic ) ; कच्छी (Devanagari ) ) traditionally hail from the Kutch district of the western Indian state of Gujarat and the Sindh region of Pakistan .[2]
History Some of the Kutchi people of India converted from Hinduism to Islam in the 15th century A.D., largely through the efforts of Saiyid Abdullah.[3] The Kutchi Memons were 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 Shyamji Krishna Varma Azim Premji Vipul Shah Shyamji Krishna Varma , revolutionary, lawyer, and journalistAbdullah Hussain Haroon , Former Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United NationsAbdul Qadir Patel , Pakistani Politician and Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Member National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-248 (Karachi West-I) .Azim Premji , industrialistEl-Farouk Khaki Fahmida Mirza , first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan Faisal Devji Gulgee , Pakistani artistHussain Shah , Pakistani boxerHarish Bhimani , Indian voiceover artistIan Iqbal Rashid Janvi Chheda , Actress, director, and modelJohn Nuraney , Canadian politicianAnandji Virji Shah , Bollywood music directorKalyanji Virji Shah , Bollywood music directorLaxmichand "Babla" Virji Shah , musician and percussionistNaheed Nenshi , 36th mayor of CalgaryOmar Sachedina , CTV BroadcasterSalim Merchant Shafique Virani Shekhar Ravjiani from the music duo Vishal–Shekhar Sulaiman Merchant Viju Shah , music directorVipul Amrutlal Shah , Bollywood director producerChandra Hirjee , World Amateur Snooker Championship winner 1958, Indian Open Billiards Championship winner 1947, 56 and 58.Dhairya Dand Indian American inventor and artist
See also
References ^ "2011 Census tables: C-16, population by mother tongue". Census of India Website . Retrieved 4 November 2018 . ^ a b "Is Kutchi Rabita Committee any good in a peaceful Lyari?". www.thenews.com.pk . Retrieved 9 June 2020 . ^ a b Srinivas, Smriti (2001). Landscapes of Urban Memory: The Sacred and the Civic in India's High-Tech City . University of Minnesota Press . p. 280. ISBN 978-1-4529-0489-4 . ^ Williams, Raymond Brady (8 November 2018). Introduction to Jethalal Hinduism . Cambridge University Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-108-42114-0 .
External links Media related to Kutchi at Wikimedia CommonsSuvichar Ki Dayri