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Rohilla
Rohillas are a community of Pashtun heritage, historically found in Rohilkhand, a region in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It forms the largest Pashtun diaspora community in India, and has given its name to the Rohilkhand region. The Rohilla military chiefs settled in this region of northern India in the 1720s, the first of whom was Ali Mohammed Khan.
Banu Israil
Indian Muslim community
Arain
Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi agricultural community with a strong political identity and level of organisation. Arain are predominantly Muslims, 99.91% at the time of the 1931 census in Punjab, but a small population of Arain in India also follows Sikhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
Meo Rajput
Meo is a Caste
Muslims Rajput
They are sons of tribes living in western, central and northern India and eastern Pakistan. They converted to Islam during the Islamic conquests
Kamboj
The Kamboj (Devanagari: कम्बोज, Nastaliq: کمبوج, Gurumukhi: ਕੰਬੋਜ ALA-LC: ), also Kamboh (Nastaliq: ALA-LC: ), is a caste and agrarian community of India and Pakistan.
Momin Ansari
Indian muslim caste
Ranghar
Ranghar are a community of Muslim Rajputs in the Indian states of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and the union territory of Delhi; and in Sindh (Muhajirs) and Punjab in Pakistan.
Mirasi
The Mirasi (; ; ) are a community found in North India and Pakistan. They are folklore tellers and traditional singers and dancers of a number of communities. The word "mirasi" is derived from the Arabic word (ميراث) mīrās, which means inheritance or sometimes heritage. In the strict grammatical sense of the term, they are considered to be propagators of the cultural and social heritage.
Lohar
ethnic group in Northern India, Pakistan, and Nepal
Nai
caste of India
Bahand
Bhānds (Devanagari: भांड; Urdu: بھانڈ, Gurmukhi: ਭੰਡ, Bengali: ভাঁড়) are the traditional folk entertainers of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. In India and Nepal, the Bahand are now an endogamous Hindu and Muslim community, which is no longer involved in their traditional occupation of folk entertainment. They include actors, dancers, minstrels, storytellers and impressionists.
Kanjar
The Kanjar (Hindi: कंजर, Urdu: کنجر) are an Indo-Aryan people with significant populations in India, Pakistan and the wider Kashmir region. The Kanjari language is spoken mostly by the Kanjari people living in Indian subcontinent. Kanjari is a lesser-known Indo Aryan language.Kanjar Social Organization by Joseph C Berland in The other nomads: peripatetic minorities in cross-cultural perspective / edited by Aparna Rao pages247 to 268 Köln : Böhlau, 1987.
Sadaat Amroha
community in Uttar Pradesh
Pathans of Uttar Pradesh
Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh, India
Qalandar
ethnic group of northern India, Pakistan, and Nepal
Manihar
The Manihar are a Muslim community, found mainly in North India.
Malkana
The Malkana are a Muslim ethnic group found in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar of India.
Iraqi biradri
Muslim community of Iraqi origin
Muslim Kayasths
Community of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh
Darzi
Darzi are a caste among both Hindus and Muslims. Darzi are known as Idrisi in the Muslim community.