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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|People from the Kutch district of the western Indian state of Gujarat}}<br />
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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Kutchi people<br />
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| population = '''{{Circa|1 million|lk=yes}}'''<ref>{{cite web|title = 2011 Census tables: C-16, population by mother tongue|website = Census of India Website|url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html|access-date = 4 November 2018}}</ref><br />
|regions= [[India]], [[Pakistan]]<br />
| languages = <br />
[[Kutchi language|Kutchi]]<br />{{small|Additionally: [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], or [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]}}<br />
| religions = [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]], [[Jainism]]<br />
| related = [[Indo-Aryan peoples]]<br />
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}}<br />
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The '''Kutchi people''' ([[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] and [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: ڪڇّی; '''કચ્છી''') traditionally hail from the [[Kutch district]] of the western [[India]]n state of [[Gujarat]].{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}<br />
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==History==<br />
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.<ref name="Srinivas2001"/> The Kutchi Memons were encouraged to spread throughout India, though many remained in Kutch.<ref name="Srinivas2001">{{cite book |last1=Srinivas |first1=Smriti |title=Landscapes of Urban Memory: The Sacred and the Civic in India's High-Tech City |date=2001 |publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]] |isbn=978-1-4529-0489-4 |page=280 |language=English}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Raymond Brady |title=Introduction to Jethalal Hinduism |date=8 November 2018 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-42114-0 |page=220 |language=English}}</ref><br />
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==List of Kutchi people==<br />
[[File:Shyamji krishna varma.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Shyamji Krishna Varma]]]]<br />
[[File:Azim Premji - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009 (crop).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Azim Premji]]]]<br />
[[File:Vipul shah bhai bhaiya brother.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vipul Shah]]]]<br />
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* [[Abdul Qadir Patel]], Pakistani Politician and [[Pakistan Peoples Party|Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians]] Member [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from [[NA-248 (Karachi West-I)]].<br />
* [[Azim Premji]], industrialist<br />
* [[El-Farouk Khaki]]<br />
* [[Fahmida Mirza]], first female [[Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan|Speaker]] of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]<br />
* [[Faisal Devji]]<br />
* [[Gulgee]], Pakistani artist<br />
* [[Hussain Shah]], Pakistani boxer <br />
* [[Harish Bhimani]], Indian voiceover artist<br />
* [[Ian Iqbal Rashid]]<br />
* [[Janvi Chheda]], Actress, director, and model<br />
* [[John Nuraney]], Canadian politician<br />
* [[Anandji Virji Shah]], Bollywood music director <br />
* [[Kalyanji Virji Shah]], Bollywood music director<br />
* [[Babla & Kanchan|Laxmichand "Babla" Virji Shah]], musician and percussionist<br />
* [[Naheed Nenshi]], 36th mayor of Calgary<br />
* [[Omar Sachedina]], CTV Broadcaster<br />
* [[Salim Merchant]]<br />
* [[Shafique Virani]]<br />
*[[Shekhar Ravjiani]] from the music duo [[Vishal-Shekhar]]<br />
* [[Shyamji Krishna Varma]], revolutionary, lawyer, and journalist<br />
* [[Sulaiman Merchant]]<br />
* [[Viju Shah]], music director<br />
* [[Vipul Amrutlal Shah]], Bollywood director producer<br />
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyacmehta Satya] Mehta, Renowned [[Career counseling|Career Counselo]]<nowiki/>r & Founder of [https://www.roompe.co.in RoomPe]<br />
*Zubair Majeed Sairay Wala famous Pakistani kutchi businessmen<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kutch State]]<br />
* [[Cutch State]]<br />
* [[Cutch Agency]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{commons category-inline|Kutchi}}<br />
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[[Category:Kutchi people| ]]<br />
[[Category:Indo-Aryan peoples]]<br />
[[Category:People from Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu ethnic groups]]<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]<br />
[[Category:Kutch district]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Kutch]]<br />
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