Sindhi Hindus
Total population | |
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c. 7 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Hindi–Urdu, and English | |
Religion | |
Hinduism (incl. Nanakpanthi) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Punjabi Hindus, Gujarati Hindus, Rajasthani 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. Some later emigrated from the Indian subcontinent and settled in other parts of the world.[7][8][9]
According to the
Hinduism in Sindh
Prior to Arab invasions, majority of
After many successful raids, collaboration by the local
Sindh, under the control of Qasim, saw a decline of Buddhism, as most Buddhists started converting to Islam. The later reign of the Delhi Sultanate, led to further decline, with both
Prior to the partition of India, as per the 1941 census, the Sindhi Hindu population accounted for around 27% of Sindh's population, most of whom moved to India. Today, Sindhi Hindus in Pakistan number around 4.2 million, around 9% of the region's population. Sindhi Hindus are the largest ethnolinguistic Hindu group in Pakistan.[16]
Groups/communities
Majority of Sindhi hindus belong to Lohana community who are historically traders, merchants and government officials, The Sindhi Lohanas are divided into different sub-groups for example Amils, Bhaibands, Hyderabadi Bhaiband (Sindhi Varki), Sahitis, Shikarpuris, Hatvaniya/Hatwara, Thattai, Bhagnari etc, these sub-groups have their own hundreds of surnames/castes.[17] Other communities are Bhatia (Larai) and Arora (Riasti) all of them are called as Wāniya and Deewan in Sindh and belong to Waishya Varna of Hinduism. There are also few Sindhi Brahmins for example Pokarno and Sarsat or Sarsudh.[18] Hindu Rajputs are mainly found in Thar region. The tribal groups like Dhed, Bhils, Meghwars, Kolhis etc form second largest group among Sindhi Hindus and are mostly found in Southeast of Sindh.
The Sindhi hindus do not have caste based division nor the concept of higher caste or lower caste, there is no evil of untouchability.[5]
Sindhi Hindus in India
During the first half of 1948, approximately 1 million Sindhi Hindus immigrated to India.[19] Various refugee colonies have been set up by Government of India for accommodation of Sindhi refugees across the nation like: Ahmedabad, Gandhidham, kandla and Adipur camps in Gujarat, Sindhi Camp bus stand in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, Cox Town camp in Karnataka's capital Bangalore and Ulhasnagar (Kalyan Camp) in Maharashtra.[20]
According to the
Partition of India
After the partition of India in 1947, the majority of Sindh's Hindus migrated to India, mainly forced by the religious-based persecution sponsored by Muhajir refugees at the time.[25] They settled primarily in the neighbouring Kutch district of Gujarat, which bears linguistic and cultural similarities to Sindh, and the city of Bombay. 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).[26] 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
Surnames
Caste | Surnames[30] |
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Sindhi Amil Lohana | Ramchandani, Raisinghani, Rijhsanghani, Sadarangani, Shahani, Shahukarani, Shivdasani, Sipahimalani (shortened to Sippy in many instances), Sitlani, Sarabhai, Singhania, Takthani, Thadani, Tanwani, Vaswani, Wadhwani and Uttamsinghani
|
Sindhi Bhaiband Lohana |
Notable Sindhi Hindus
- Bherumal Meharchand Advani, linguist, historian, novelist, poet, researcher
- Kalyan Bulchand Advani, poet, critique, scholar
- Kiara Advani, Indian actress
- L. K. Advani, former Deputy Prime Minister of India
- Nikkhil Advani, Indian movie director and screenwriter
- Pankaj Advani, 23 times world champion in snooker and billiards from India.
- oncologist who pioneered Hematopoietic stem cell transplantationin India
- Asrani, Indian comedian and actor
- Kirat Babani, freedom fighter, writer, journalist
- Babita, Indian film actress
- Anant Balani, Indian film Director
- Rana Bhagwandas, Judge on the Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Tamannaah Bhatia, Indian actress
- Deepak Bhojwani, Ambassador at Indian foreign service
- Aarti Chabria, actress
- Brahma Chellaney, geostrategist and author
- Vishal Dadlani, playback singer
- Jairamdas Daulatram, political leader in the Indian independence movement, Governor of the Indian states of Bihar and later Assam
- Sindh
- Bhai Pratap Dialdas, freedom fighter, businessman, philanthropist
- Harish Fabiani, Indian (NRI) businessman based in Madrid
- Khialdas Fani, writer, poet, singer
- Sobho Gianchandani, Pakistani Sindhi social scientist, and revolutionary writer
- Gope, full name Gope Kamlani, actor in Hindi cinema
- Hotchand Molchand Gurbakhshani, Educationist, Scholar and Writer
- Hari Harilela, Indian businessman based in Hong Kong
- Jimmi Harkishin, British Asian actor
- Anita Hassanandani, Indian actress
- Gopichand Hinduja, British businessman, co-chairman of the Hinduja Group
- Indira Hinduja, Indian gynaecologist, obstetrician and infertility specialist who pioneered the Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) technique
- Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani, Indian Navy officer who served as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
- Otorhinolaryngologist
- Niranjan Hiranandani, co-founder and managing director of Hiranandani Group
- Popati Hiranandani, writer
- Surendra Hiranandani, co-founder and managing director of Hiranandani Group
- Rajkumar Hirani, popular Indian film director and editor
- Narendra Hirwani, Indian cricketer
- Micky Jagtiani, chairman and owner of Landmark Group
- Dr Gurmukh Das Jagwani, former Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
- Jeet, Indian actor
- Kamna Jethmalani, Indian actress
- Ram Jethmalani, Indian senior lawyer, former Law Minister of India
- Gandhi, fellow of Harvard Divinity School
- Hemu Kalani, freedom fighter
- Atul Khatri, stand-up comedian
- Chanda Kochhar (née Advani), Former MD and chief executive officer of ICICI Bank
- Pakistan Peoples Party
- Rooplo Kolhi, freedom fighter
- J. B. Kripalani, freedom fighter and President of Indian National Congress
- Jayant Kripalani, Film, Television and Stage actor
- Krishna Kripalani, freedom fighter, author and parliamentarian
- Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
- Gulu Lalvani, chairman of Binatone
- Kartar Lalvani, founder and chairman of Vitabiotics
- Nikita Lalwani, Indian novelist based in London
- Tej Lalvani, CEO of the UK's largest vitamin company Vitabiotics
- Shankar Lalwani, Indian politician and Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Kishore Mahbubani, Singaporean diplomat
- K. R. Malkani, journalist, historian and politician
- Mangharam Udharam Malkani, Sindhi scholar, critic, writer, playwright, literary historian and professor
- N. R. Malkani, freedom fighter and social worker
- Rajeev Masand, Indian film critic
- Rajesh Mirchandani, global communications leader and former British television journalist
- Hansika Motwani, Indian actress
- Rajeev Motwani, computer scientist, Professor at Stanford University, He was an early supporter and advisor of companies like Google and PayPal
- Kabir Mulchandani, Indian businessman
- Seth Vishandas Nihalchand, merchant and former member of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence
- Archana Panjabi, British actress
- Lila Poonawalla (née Thadani), Indian industrialist, philanthropist, humanitarian and the founder of Lila Poonawalla Foundation
- Kala Prakash, fiction writer
- Moti Prakash, poet
- Chandru Raheja, property developer
- Sushil Rajpal, Indian cameraman, producer, director
- Bhagat Kanwar Ram, saint
- Bulo C Rani, Indian music director
- Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer
- Ishwardas Rohani, Indian politician and former Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- G. S. Sainani, Indian general physician, medical researcher, medical writer and an Emeritus Professor of the National Academy of Medical Sciences
- Meera Sanyal (née Hiranandani), was an Indian banker and politician. She served as CEO and chairperson of the Royal Bank of Scotland in India
- Aftab Shivdasani, Indian film actor
- Hari Shivdasani, film director and actor
- Sadhana Shivdasani, Indian film actress
- Sonu Shivdasani, founder and CEO of Soneva
- Ranveer Singh, Indian actor
- G. P. Sippy, Bollywood movie producer and director
- Ramesh Sippy, Bollywood movie producer and director
- Sobhraj Nirmaldas Sujansingani, writer and poet
- Anjana Sukhani, actress
- Dalip Tahil Indian film, television and theatre actor
- Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, Former Chief of the Naval Staff, India
- Tarun Tahiliani, Indian fashion designer
- Hiten Tejwani, Indian actor
- Sundri Uttamchandani, noted Indian writer
- Sunil Vaswani, chairman of the Stallion Group
- Harchandrai Vishandas, British Indian attorney, politician and former mayor of Karachi
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Sudhir, Film Actor
- Tulsi Ramsey, Film Maker
- Shyam Ramsey, Film Maker
- F U Ramsay, Film Maker
- Kumar Ramsay, Film Maker
- Arjun Ramsay, Film Maker
- Keshu Ramsay, Film Maker
- Kiran Ramsay, Film Maker
- Mac Mohan, Film Actor
- Raj Kiran, Film Actor
- Shiela Ramani, Film Actor
- Govind Nihalani, Film Maker
- Pahalaj Nihalani, Film Maker
- Arjun Hingorani, Film Maker
- Bhagwanti Navani, Singer
- Master Chandur, Singer
See also
- Sindhis
- Hinduism in Sindh Province
- Sindhis in India
- Hinduism in Pakistan
- Darya Lal Mandir
Notes
- Kutchin Gujarat and in western Rajasthan, are Muslims while many ethnic Sindhi Hindus no longer speak the language.
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Sind's majority population followed Hindu traditions but a substantial minority was Buddhist.
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As usual among the Hindoo race, wherever it is settled, they have divided themselves into different tribes. The Satawarna, or seven castes of Indians in Sindh, are as follows:--1. Brahman; 2. Lohano; 3. Bhatio; 4. Sahto; 5. Waishya (including a number of trades as Wahun, grain-toaster; Khatti, dyer, &c.); 6. Panjabi; and 7. Sonaro. Five of these belong, properly speaking, to the Waishya (the third, or merchant) division of pure Indians. The seventh is a mixed caste, descended from a Brahman father and a Shudra mother.
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As per the 2011 census, there are 2,772,364 Sindhi speakers in India. However, this number does not include ethnic Sindhis who no longer speak the language.
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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") at sindhis