Monday, July 24, 2017

ASIAN COMMUNITIES IN KENYA AND THEIR HERITAGE

 1.      Zoroastrians-Parsi community.
2.       Arya Samaj Community.
3.       Ahmaddiya Muslim community.
4.       Ananda Marga (Hindu sect) Community.
5.       Baluchi community.
6.       Bengali community.
7.       Bohra, Dawoodi community.
8.       Bohras, Suleimani community.
9.       Brahman Hindu community.
10.   Bhadala, Muslim Cutchi community.
11.   Bikera, Muslim Cutchi community.


12.   Christian Mission to Indians.
13.   Cutchi Sunni Muslim Jamat.
14.   Dhobi Rajput Hindus.
15.   Wanza Hindu community.
16.   Swaminarayan Hindu community.
17.   Khoja Ithnasheria Muslim community.
18.   Gamrai Muslim community.
19.   Ganchi Cutchi Muslim Community.
20.   Garana Cutchi Muslim community.
21.   Girnara Muslim community (Goldsmiths).
22.   Goan Christian community.

23.   Cutchi Hajam community.


24.   Halai Kathiawari Memon Muslim community.
25.   Hare Krishna Hindu community.
26.   Ismailia Shia Imami community.
27.   Shia Jafferia Muslim community.
28.   Jain Hindu community.
29.   Jamnagar Baluch community.
30.   Kashmiri Punjabi Muslim community.
31.   Kathiawar Jansaris community.
32.   Kumbhar Cutchi Muslim community.
33.   Kokni Muslim community.
34.   Langa Cutchi Muslim community.
35.   Lunar Gnati Hindu community.
36.   Luhar wada Cutchi Muslim community.
37.   Lohana Hindu community.
38.   Sindhi Memon Muslim community.
39.   Shree Cutchi Leva Patel community.
40.   Manjothi Cutchi Muslim community.
41.   Marwari Hindu community.
42.   Miyanji Cutchi Muslim community.
43.   Mochi Gnati Hindu community.
44.   Sikh Namdhari community.
45.   Sikh Jat community.
46.   Sikh Luhar/Tarkhan community(Carpenters-iron mangers)
47.   Oshwal Hindu community.
48.   Punjabi Ithnasheria community.
49.   Sanatan Dharam Hindu community.
50.   Satya Sai Baba Hindu community.
51.   Sindhi Muslim community.
52.   Sindhi Hindu community.
53.   Siri Guru Nanak Sabha Sikh community.
54.   South Indian community.(All Faiths)
55.   Dhobi Cutchi Muslim community.
56.   Gamrai Cutchi Muslim community.
57.   Garana Cutchi Muslim community.
58.   Guard Cutchi Muslim community.
59.   Khumbar cutchi Muslim community.
60.   Punjabi Muslim community.( from various localities in Pakistan)

This list may not include some Indian groups that may have settled in Kenya after publication of Cynthia Salvadore’s revised edition(1989) of her book titled ‘THROUGH OPEN DOORS’.The divisions within the Indo Pak subcontinent are based on castes, religious sects and their traditional occupations.

Compiled by Muzzafar Khan @muzzafarjumakhan@gmail.com

24th July,2017.