Kutchi Memon

Kutchi Memons (Gujarati: કચ્છી મેમોન, Urdu: کچھی میمن‎), also spelled as Cutchi Memons, are an ethnic group or caste from Kutch in Gujarat, India, who speak the Kutchi language. They are related to the Memons associated with the historic state of Kathiwar, a Muslim community of Pakistan and India, who speak the Memon language. Transliteration of name of this Memon community has now been standardized. Hence popular usage is Cutchi and Kutchi. Kutchi Memons originally practiced Hinduism and converted to Islam under influence of Sunni pirs.

Kutchi Memon

Kutchi Memons (Gujarati: કચ્છી મેમોન, Urdu: کچھی میمن‎), also spelled as Cutchi Memons, are an ethnic group or caste from Kutch in Gujarat, India, who speak the Kutchi language. They are related to the Memons associated with the historic state of Kathiwar, a Muslim community of Pakistan and India, who speak the Memon language. Transliteration of name of this Memon community has now been standardized. Hence popular usage is Cutchi and Kutchi. Kutchi Memons originally practiced Hinduism and converted to Islam under influence of Sunni pirs.