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The term "Hindu Pathan" is used for Hindus who hailed or were born in the predominately Pashtun regions of British India (now Pakistan), [23] [24] as well as those who arrived from Afghanistan. [25] The 1947 partition of India led to an exodus of Hindus settled in the former North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Baluchistan , which are part ...
In 1817, upon submitting to the British East India Company, he kept his territory of Tonk and received the title of Nawab. While retaining internal autonomy and remaining outside British India, the state consisted of six isolated districts. Four of these were under the Rajasthan province, namely, Tonk, Chhabra, Pirawa and Nimbahera.
Many of the Bollywood film stars in India have Pashtun ancestry; some of the most notable ones are Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Feroz Khan, Madhubala, Kader Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Sara Ali Khan, and Zarine Khan. [195] [196] In addition, one of India's former presidents, Zakir Husain, belonged to the Afridi tribe.
In India's Rohilkhand region, Pashtuns had made large settlements between 14th century and 20th century. In fact, according to the 1911 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica , the number of Pashtuns in the British India was nearly 3.5 million, but the speakers of Pashto numbered less than 1.25 million. [ 25 ]
The Pathans are an Urdu-speaking community of Pashtun descent in the Uttar Pradesh state in India [1] who form one of the largest Muslim communities in the state with a population of 5-6 million and 2.9% of the total population of Uttar Pradesh [2] They are also known as Khans which is a commonly used surname amongst them; although not all those who use the surname are Pathans, for example the ...
Rohillas [a] are a community of Pashtun heritage, [3] [page needed] [4] [5] [page needed] historically found in Rohilkhand, a region in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. [6] It forms the largest Pashtun diaspora community in India, and has given its name to the Rohilkhand region. [ 6 ]
The Bhopal State, in the present-day Madhya Pradesh state of Central India, was founded in 1723 by Dost Mohammad Khan Mirazikhel. He was from the Orakzai clan of the Karlani tribe, and was a mercenary in the Mughal army. [ 24 ]
The Pashtuns of Punjab (Punjabi, Urdu: پنجابی پٹھان; Pashto: د پنجاب پښتانه), also called Punjabi Pathans [4] or Pathans, are descendants of Pashtun settlers, [5] [6] an eastern Iranian ethnic group, in the Punjab region of Pakistan [7] and India. [3]