British Sindhis are
British
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
citizens or residents who are of
Sindhi origin. ; They comprise a sizable segment of the
British Pakistani
British Pakistanis ( ur, (Bratānia men maqīm pākstānī); also known as Pakistani British people or Pakistani Britons) are British people, citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in Pakistan. This includes ...
and
British Indian communities.
History
The Sindhis originate from the
Sindh region
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
region of
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
or modern-day
Sindh province
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
of southern
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
. Most Pakistani Sindhi immigrants are Muslims, with a minority of Hindus.
, on the other hand, are mostly Hindus. They are secondary migrants, moving from Sindh to the
Dominion of India
The Dominion of India, officially the Union of India,* Quote: “The first collective use (of the word "dominion") occurred at the Colonial Conference (April to May 1907) when the title was conferred upon Canada and Australia. New Zealand and N ...
following the 1947
partition of India and later settling in the UK.
There are also a smaller number of Christians.
Demographics
Estimates of the total Sindhi population in the UK range from 15,000 to 30,000.
According to
Ethnologue, there are over 25,000 Sindhi-speakers in the country.
Some Sindhis are notable businesspeople, such as
Sonu Shivdasani
Sonu Shivdasani (born 1965) is an Indian-British hotelier, and the founder and CEO of Soneva (Guardian of the Culture), which owns luxury resorts, Fushi, Jani, Aqua in Maldives and Thailand. He is also the founder and former CEO of the Six S ...
and the
Hinduja family.
There is a small
Sindhi community in Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory. The community dates back to 1860 and the majority
possesses British citizenship.
See also
*
British Pakistanis
British Pakistanis ( ur, (Bratānia men maqīm pākstānī); also known as Pakistani British people or Pakistani Britons) are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in Pakistan. This includes people born in ...
*
British Indians
*
British Asians
British Asians (also referred to as Asian Britons) are British citizens of Asian descent. They constitute a significant and growing minority of the people living in the United Kingdom, with 6.9% of the population identifying as Asian/Asian Bri ...
*
Sindhi diaspora
Notes
References
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Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom
Pakistani diaspora in the United Kingdom
Sindhi diaspora