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People from the Kutch district of the western Indian state of Gujarat
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 .
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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.
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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.
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The Kutchis have been living in southern part Sindh for decades and call themselves
Sindhis .
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Notable Kutchi people
Shyamji Krishna Varma
Azim Premji
Vipul Shah
Shyamji Krishna Varma , revolutionary, lawyer, and journalist
Abdullah Hussain Haroon , Former Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
Abdul Qadir Patel , Pakistani Politician and
Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Member
National Assembly of Pakistan from
NA-248 (Karachi West-I) .
Azim Premji , industrialist
El-Farouk Khaki
Fahmida Mirza , first female
Speaker of the
National Assembly of Pakistan
Faisal Devji
Gulgee , Pakistani artist
Hussain Shah , Pakistani boxer
Harish Bhimani , Indian voiceover artist
Ian Iqbal Rashid
Janvi Chheda , Actress, director, and model
John Nuraney , Canadian politician
Anandji Virji Shah , Bollywood music director
Kalyanji Virji Shah , Bollywood music director
Laxmichand "Babla" Virji Shah , musician and percussionist
Naheed Nenshi , 36th mayor of Calgary
Omar Sachedina , CTV Broadcaster
Salim Merchant
Shafique Virani
Shekhar Ravjiani from the music duo
Vishal–Shekhar
Sulaiman Merchant
Viju Shah , music director
Vipul Amrutlal Shah , Bollywood director producer
Chandra Hirjee , World Amateur Snooker Championship winner 1958, Indian Open Billiards Championship winner 1947, 56 and 58.
Dhairya Dand Indian American inventor and artist
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