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The Kutchi people (Kutchi and Gujarati: કચ્છી (Gujarati script); Sindhi: ڪڇي (Perso-Arabic); कच्छी (Devanagari)) traditionally hail from the Kutch district of the western Indian state of Gujarat and the Sindh region of Pakistan.^[2]

Some of the Kutchi people of India converted from Hinduism to Islam in the 15th century A.D., largely through the efforts of Saiyid Abdullah.^[3] The Kutchi Memons were encouraged to spread throughout India, though many remained in Kutch.^[3]

Kutchis, being a part of the Indian diaspora, have maintained their traditions abroad; in 1928, Kutchi Hindus in Nairobi held a Swaminarayan procession in which 1200 people attended.^[4]

The Kutchis have been living in southern part Sindh for decades and call themselves Sindhis.^[2]

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• Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Former Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
• Abdul Qadir Patel, Pakistani Politician and Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Member National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-248 (Karachi West-I).
• Azim Premji, industrialist
• El-Farouk Khaki
• Fahmida Mirza, first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
• Faisal Devji
• Gulgee, Pakistani artist
• Hussain Shah, Pakistani boxer
• Harish Bhimani, Indian voiceover artist
• Ian Iqbal Rashid
• Janvi Chheda, Actress, director, and model
• John Nuraney, Canadian politician
• Anandji Virji Shah, Bollywood music director
• Kalyanji Virji Shah, Bollywood music director
• Laxmichand "Babla" Virji Shah, musician and percussionist
• Naheed Nenshi, 36th mayor of Calgary
• Omar Sachedina, CTV Broadcaster
• Salim Merchant
• Shafique Virani
• Shekhar Ravjiani from the music duo Vishal–Shekhar
• Sulaiman Merchant
• Viju Shah, music director
• Vipul Amrutlal Shah, Bollywood director producer
• Chandra Hirjee, World Amateur Snooker Championship winner 1958, Indian Open Billiards Championship winner 1947, 56 and 58.
• Dhairya Dand Indian American inventor and artist

• Kutch State
• Cutch State
• Cutch Agency

• Media related to Kutchi at Wikimedia Commons
• Suvichar Ki Dayri

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