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Sindhi Hindus are
Sindhis
Sindhis ( sd, سنڌي Perso-Arabic: सिन्धी Devanagari; ) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who speak the Sindhi language and are native to the province of Sindh in Pakistan. After the partition of British Indian empire in 1947, man ...
who follow the
Hindu
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religion, whose origins lie in the
Sindh region
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
and spread across modern-day
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
and
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
i
Sindh province
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
. After the
Partition of India in 1947, many Sindhi Hindus were among those who fled from Pakistan to the
dominion of India
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, in what was a wholesale exchange of Hindu and Muslim populations in some areas. Some later emigrated from the subcontinent and settled in other parts of the world.
According to the
2017 census, there are 3.35 million Sindhi Hindus residing within the Sindh province of Pakistan with major population centers being
Mirpur Khas Division
Mirpur Khas Division ( sd, ميرپورخاص ڊويزن) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It was abolished in 2000 but restored again on 11 July 2011.formerly a part of Hyderabad Division.
Mirpur Khas is the ...
and
Hyderabad Division
Hyderabad Division ( sd, حيدرآباد ڊويزن) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It was abolished in 2000 but restored again on 11 July 2011.
Hyderabad is the divisional headquarters of Hyderabad Divisi ...
that combined account for more than 2 million of them.
Meanwhile, the 2011 census listed 1.74 million speakers of Sindhi in India,
a number that does not include Sindhi Hindus who no longer speak the Sindhi language. The vast majority of
Sindhi Hindus
Sindhi Hindus are Sindhis who follow the Hindu religion, whose origins lie in the Sindh region and spread across modern-day India and Pakistani Sindh province. After the Partition of India in 1947, many Sindhi Hindus were among those who fled ...
living in India belong to the
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''
jāti
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'', which includes the sub-groups of
Amil
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and
Bhaiband.
Hinduism in Sindh
Hinduism
Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...
in the Sindh region, as in other areas of the
Indian Subcontinent
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, is a native religion of Sindhi people, although in pre-Islamic Sindh, Buddhists were the majority in urban areas. After many unsuccessful raids in 712CE army of
Umayyad Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by th ...
led by
Muhammad Bin Qasim successfully invaded Sindh against the last
Hindu
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king of Sindh
Raja Dahir
Raja Dahiraud (; ''Raja Dahiraud ''; 663 – 712 CE) was the last Hindu ruler of Sindh in present-day Pakistan. In 711 CE his kingdom was invaded by the Umayyad Caliphate led by Muhammad bin Qasim where Dahiraud died while defending his ki ...
.
Sindh came under control of Qasim after he defeated Raja Dahir and native religions like Hinduism and Buddhism started declining. In the reign of Delhi Sultanate,
Hinduism and Buddhism
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declined very much in this area and became minority religion. Today there are more than 7 million Sindhi Hindus in the Sindh region.
Partition of India
After the
partition of India in 1947, an estimated half of Sindh's Hindus migrated to
India
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, mainly forced by the
religious-based persecution of the time. They settled primarily in neighbouring
Kutch district of
Gujarat
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, which bears linguistic and cultural similarities to Sindh, and the city of
Bombay
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-m ...
. As per Census of India 2011, there are around 1,741,662 Sindhi speakers living in India (not counting
Kutchi speakers, who are sometimes seen as speaking a Sindhi dialect). There are also sizable Sindhi Hindu communities elsewhere in the world, sometimes termed, the '
Sindhi diaspora'.
Family Names
Conventions
Most Sindhi Hindu family names are a modified form of a
patronymic
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Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...
and typically end with the suffix ''"-ani"'', 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
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word 'ansh', which means 'descended from' (see:
Devanshi). The first part of a Sindhi Hindu surname is usually derived from the name or location of an ancestor. In northern Sindh, surnames ending in 'ja' (meaning 'of') are also common. A person's surname would consist of the name of his or her native village, followed by 'ja'. The Sindhi Hindus generally add the suffix ‘-ani’ to the name of a great-grandfather and adopt the name as a family name.
Surnames
Notable Sindhi Hindus
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Raja Dahir
Raja Dahiraud (; ''Raja Dahiraud ''; 663 – 712 CE) was the last Hindu ruler of Sindh in present-day Pakistan. In 711 CE his kingdom was invaded by the Umayyad Caliphate led by Muhammad bin Qasim where Dahiraud died while defending his ki ...
, the last Hindu king of
Sindh
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Kalyan Bulchand Advani
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in India.
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Gopichand Hinduja
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Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani, Indian
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Rajkumar Hirani
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Kamna Jethmalani
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Motilal Jotwani, Indian writer, educator, follower of
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Jayant Kripalani
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Tej Lalvani
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K. R. Malkani, journalist, historian and politician.
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N. R. Malkani, freedom fighter and social worker.
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Rajeev Masand
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Hansika Motwani, Indian actress.
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Kabir Mulchandani, Indian businessman.
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Kala Prakash, Fiction writer
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Moti Prakash, Poet
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Chandru Raheja, property developer
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G. P. Sippy, Bollywood movie producer and director.
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Anjana Sukhani, Actress
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Tamannaah
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Sundri Uttamchandani
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Harchandrai Vishandas
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, British Indian attorney, politician and former mayor of Karachi.
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Seth Vishandas Nihalchand, merchant and former member of
Indian National Congress
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at the time of Independence.
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Romesh Wadhwani, chairman and CEO of
Symphony Technology Group
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Investments
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(STG), an alumnus of
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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Narendra Hirwani
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Early days
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, Indian cricketer
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Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
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, Former Chief of the Naval Staff, India.
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Dalip Tahil
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Indian film, television and theatre actor.
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Brahma Chellaney
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Geostrategist and author
See also
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Sindhis
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Hinduism in Sindh Province
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Sindhis in India
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Hinduism in Pakistan
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Darya Lal Mandir
Notes
References
Sources
* Bherumal Mahirchand Advani, "Amilan-jo-Ahwal" - published in Sindhi, 1919
* Amilan-jo-Ahwal (1919) - translated into English in 2016 ("A History of the Amils") a
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