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![]() A sowar of the Rohilla Cavalry, c. 1820 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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India (Rohilkhand), Pakistan (Karachi) | |
Languages | |
Hindi/Urdu • Pashto | |
Religion | |
Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Pathans of Uttar Pradesh, Urdu-speaking people, other Pashtun tribes |
Rohillas are a mixed Indian community of Pashtun heritage,[1][page needed][2][3][page needed] historically found in Rohilkhand, a region in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.[4] It forms the largest Pashtun diaspora community in India, and has given its name to the Rohilkhand region.[4] The Rohilla military chiefs settled in this region of northern India in the 1720s, the first of whom was Ali Mohammed Khan.[4][5]
The Rohillas are found all over Uttar Pradesh, but are more concentrated in the Rohilkhand regions of Bareilly and Moradabad divisions. Between 1838 and 1916, some Rohillas migrated to Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean region of the Americas in which they form a subset of the Muslim minority of the Indo-Caribbean ethnic group.[6] After the 1947 Partition of India, many of the Rohillas migrated to Karachi, Pakistan as a part of the Muhajir community.
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