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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Refimprove|date=October 2010}}<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Batwa Memons&#039;&#039;&#039; are a group of [[Kathiawadi Memons]] originating from the town of [[Bantva]], [[Kathiawar]], a former district of the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Bantva Memons are known to be mercantile people and include in their ranks tycoons such as the Dawood family ([[Dawood Industries]]) and [[Nobel Peace prize]] nominee [[Abdul Sattar Edhi]]. The Bantva Memons, who were a majority in the Bantva region, left India after [[Partition of India|Partition]] and settled in [[Pakistan]].&lt;ref&gt;http://www.memonpoint.com/Memon%20Books/Illigal%20Occupation%20of%20Junagadh.pdf&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==In Pakistan==<br /> The majority of them migrated to [[Pakistan]] after independence in 1947 and settled in [[Karachi]], [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]] and [[Sukkur]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]. The Bantva Memons are very successful businessmen who, for example, are founders of corporations such as Dawood Industries.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Memon people]]<br /> [[Category:Memon]]<br /> [[Category:Muhajir communities]]<br /> [[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]]<br /> [[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]<br /> [[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]</div>

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