Bilochpura, also known as Balochpura, is a hamlet in the Indian state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

. It is home to approximately 8,000 people of the Balochi ethnic group. they are all

pathans Pashtuns (, , ; ;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghans until 1964 after the ...

not baloch they from

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but not

baloch people The Baloch ( ) or Baluch ( ; , plural ) are a nomadic, Pastoralism, pastoral, ethnic group which speaks the Western Iranian, Western Iranic Balochi language and is native to the Balochistan region of South Asia, South and Western Asia, encompas ...

History

Balochpura is home to approximately 8,000 people of the Baloch ethnic group. The ancestors of these individuals were from

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region o ...

and were employed as artillerymen in the army of Mughal Indian emperor

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during the time of the

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in 1526. They decided to remain in the area, which was named after their homeland, after "the Balochs fell in love with the plush landscape of the Gangetic plain and chose to settle down on the banks of the Yamuna." The city of Bilochpura has been awarded the title of 'Kranti Gram' by the

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as its residents "fought in the army of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadurshah Zafar against the British." In 2018, Baloch separatist leader Mazdak Dilshad Baloch visited Bilochpura with his wife to gather support from the Baloch Indian residents of the village.

References

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