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Lohana
Sign in to saveLohana are a Hindu caste, a trading or mercantile community mostly residing in India and some also in Pakistan.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Lohana
- Ethnic group.popplace
- India, Pakistan, South Africa, Europe
- Ethnic group.langs
- Primarily Gujarati, Kutchi, Sindhi
- Ethnic group.rels
- mainly Hinduism and Islam
- Ethnic group.related
- Gujarati people • Sindhi people • Khoja • Memon • Dawoodi Bohras • Sulaymani Bohras • Alavi Bohras
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Sub-divisions
- Sindhi Lohana
- History
- Formation of Khoja and Memon Islamic communities
- Post-partition
- Overseas diaspora
- Society and culture
- Surnames
- References
- Bibliography
Lohana are a Hindu caste, a trading or mercantile community mostly residing in India and some also in Pakistan.
The Lohanas are divided into many separate cultural groups as a result of centuries apart in different regions. Thus there are significant differences between the culture, language, professions and societies of Gujarati Lohanas and Kutchi Lohanas from Gujarat, India and Sindhi Lohanas from Sindh, Pakistan (the latter having largely migrated to India as well).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lohana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.