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{{Infobox ethnic group
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'''Baloch people in India''' are citizens or residents of India who are of [[Baloch people|Baloch]] ancestry. They originate from the [[Balochistan]] region of neighbouring Pakistan, and are part of the [[Baloch diaspora]].<ref name="HT">{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mumbai-s-filmi-daredevils-with-a-cross-border-history/story-zZxj8hDGF0EiOahNCJmUTL.html|title=Mumbai’s filmi daredevils with a cross-border history|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=9 July 2020|date=3 December 2016|first=Roshni|last=Nair}}</ref><ref name="Dawn">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1146012|title=The Baloch of Mumbai & women of Karachi|work=Dawn|date=22 November 2014|accessdate=9 July 2020|first=Peerzada|last=Salman}}</ref><ref name="ET">{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/795121/bombay-the-baloch-and-the-karachi-connection|title=Bombay, the Baloch and the Karachi connection|first=Tooba|last=Masood|work=The Express Tribune|date=22 November 2014|accessdate=9 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="Modak">{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/a-piece-of-balochistan-in-mumbai-since-partition-150-families-khatti-dal-3740905/|title=A piece of Balochistan in Mumbai since Partition — 150 families & Khatti Dal|work=Indian Express|date=7 November 2016|accessdate=9 July 2020|first=Sadaf|last=Modak}}</ref><ref name="DNA">{{cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-ramdas-athawale-seeks-obc-quota-for-indian-baloch-community-2269737|title=Ramdas Athawale seeks OBC quota for Indian Baloch community|work=DNA News|date=3 November 2016|accessdate=22 July 2020|first=Kanchan|last=Srivastava}}</ref>

==History==
Even after the [[Partition of India|partition]], it was common for the Baloch from India to visit their extended families in Pakistan, mainly in [[Karachi]]. In recent decades, this became difficult due to tightened visa restrictions.<ref name="HT"/>

==Demographics==
{{Further|Baluch (Rajasthan)|Baluch (Uttar Pradesh)|Bhagnari}}
There are around 300 Baloch families living in [[Mumbai]], numbering about 1,500 individuals. They are scattered across the outer western suburbs and ghettos of Mumbai's metropolitan area. The vast majority of them belong to a [[working class]] background, having little formal education, and are employed as manual labourers or drivers.<ref name="HT"/>

The [[Bhagnari]] are Hindu Baloch community living in India,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mumbai-s-filmi-daredevils-with-a-cross-border-history/story-zZxj8hDGF0EiOahNCJmUTL.html|title=Mumbai’s filmi daredevils with a cross-border history|work=Hindustan Times|date=3 December 2016|author=Roshni Nair|accessdate=9 July 2020}}</ref>who trace their origin to the Southern Balochistan but migrated to India during the Partition.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/a-piece-of-balochistan-in-mumbai-since-partition-150-families-khatti-dal-3740905/lite/|title=A piece of Balochistan in Mumbai since Partition — 150 families & Khatti Dal|author=Sadaf Modak|date=7 November 2016|access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>

==Culture==
Some Baloch in India have held onto their cultural practices and traditions, including their [[Balochi clothing|clothing]], music, and their native language [[Balochi language|Balochi]].<ref name="HT"/> The women wear a traditional dress known as ''[[Balochi clothing#Women's Balochi suit|pashk]]'', an elaborate, handwoven two-piece costume which resembles a [[kurta]]-pyjama. Balochi folk music is known for its incorporation of drums and beats.<ref name="HT"/>

==Entertainment industry==
There are many Indian actors from the Hindi film industry [[Bollywood]] who, although not Baloch by ethnicity, have origins in the [[Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)|Baluchistan Province]] of [[British India]] (now Pakistan). They include the actress [[Veena (actress)|Veena Kumari]], born in [[Quetta]]; [[Raaj Kumar]], a [[Kashmiri Pandit]] born in [[Loralai]]; [[Suresh Oberoi]], a [[Punjabi Hindu]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/maid-in-heaven-for-vivek/cid/489407|title=Maid in heaven for Vivek|work=Telegraph India|date=29 August 2010|accessdate=9 July 2020|first=Bharathi S.|last=Pradhan}}</ref> born in Quetta; and [[Kader Khan]], an ethnic [[Pathans in India|Pathan]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1879057/4-kader-khan-kakar-balochistan-ruled-bollywood|title=Kader Khan: The Kakar from Balochistan who ruled Bollywood|work=The Express Tribune|date=1 January 2019|accessdate=29 May 2020|first=Rafay|last=Mahmood}}</ref> born in [[Pishin, Pakistan|Pishin]].<ref name="IT">{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/bollywood-legends-kader-khan-amjab-khan-rajkumar-hail-from-baluchistan-336385-2016-08-21|title=Kader Khan to Amjad Khan, Bollywood legends who hail from Balochistan|work=India Today|date=6 September 2016|accessdate=29 May 2020|first=Mayank Pratap|last=Singh}}</ref><ref name="Yesvi">{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyo.in/arts/sholay-gabbar-balochistan-amjad-khan-raaj-kumar-suresh-oberoi-kader-khan/story/1/12633.html|title=How Balochistan gave birth to the best of Bollywood|work=Daily O|date=29 August 2016|accessdate=29 May 2020|first=Affan|last=Yesvi}}</ref> According to some sources, the Pathan actor [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] was also born in Quetta, however his place of birth is recorded as [[Peshawar]].<ref name="IT"/><ref name="Yesvi"/>

In the Hindi film industry, the Baloch are particularly well known as professional [[stunt performer]]s and [[Stunt#Vehicular stunts|drivers]] who are hired to choreograph dangerous [[Action film|action sequences]].<ref name="HT"/> One such performer, Wahid Lala, was the first stuntman from this community who started his career in Bollywood in 1951, working in seven [[Bimal Roy]] and nine [[Jugal Kishore (director)|Jugal Kishore]] film productions, including as a [[stunt double]] for actor [[Pran (actor)|Pran]]. His sons and grandsons have collectively worked in around 300 Hindi, [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati]], [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]], [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]], [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] films.<ref name="HT"/>

Faiz Baloch, a [[social media]] celebrity, is one of the prominent [[TikTok]] and [[Instagram]] influencers in India, having amassed a following of over 9.4 million and 2.8 million respectively on the two platforms as of July 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jharkhand-lynching-tabrez-ansari-video-team-07-tiktok-mr-faisu-5840792/|title=Men at centre of TikTok video row are a social media rage|work=Indian Express|date=22 July 2019|accessdate=9 July 2020|first=Srinath|last=Rao|first2=Sadaf|last2=Modak}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.asianage.com/entertainment/bollywood/250819/tiktok-star-faiz-baloch-to-debut-in-a-web-series-and-a-bollywood-film.html|title=TikTok Star Faiz Baloch To Debut In A Web Series And A Bollywood Film|work=Asian Age|date=25 August 2019|accessdate=9 July 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Pathans in India]]
* [[Sindhis in India]]
* [[Hinduism in Balochistan]]

==References==
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{{Baloch diaspora}}
{{Immigration to India}}

[[Category:Baloch diaspora in India| ]]

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