Rohilla
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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.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Rohilla
- Ethnic group.image
- North Indian Pastun Recruit Portrait.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- 18th Century Portrait of North Indian Rohilla Pashtun Recruit
- Ethnic group.total
- 369,582 (2011), 2,000,000 to 7,200,000 (ancestry)
- Ethnic group.popplace
- India (Rohilkhand), Pakistan (Karachi)
- Ethnic group.langs
- Urdu • Hindustani • Pashto
- Ethnic group.rels
- Islam
- Ethnic group.related
- Pathans of Uttar Pradesh, Urdu-speaking people, other Pashtun tribes
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- Origin
- History
- Early history
- Establishment of the Rohilla state
- Following the Battle of Panipat in 1761
- Establishment of Rampur State
- Between 1774 and 1857
- Between 1857 and 1947
- Present circumstances
- In India
- In Pakistan
- Rohillas
- See also
- Notes
- References
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.
The Rohillas are found all over Uttar Pradesh, but are more concentrated in the Rohilkhand regions of Bareilly and Moradabad divisions. After the 1947 Partition of India, many of the Rohillas migrated to Karachi, Pakistan as a part of the Muhajir community.