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In simple words, what is Muhajir?
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#101889. Asked by armindasantana. (Dec 24 08 3:07 PM)
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zbeckabee
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Muhajir or Mohajir is essentially an ethnic group within Pakistan. Muhajirs are Urdu-speaking people who originally emigrated from India to Pakistan during the partition of 1947. While Muhajirs form what amounts to an ethnic group within Pakistan, the group is actually comprised of people from different ethnic groups and regions in India, such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Hyderabad. They are united by the Urdu language.
 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mohajir
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Muhajir (Urdu: مہاجر) is a diverse term used to describe the Muslim refugees who migrated to Pakistan after the independence in 1947. Traditionally meaning the Muslim refugees who migrated from regions other than the Punjab state of India at the time of Pakistan's independence, in recent years, the term has come to include refugees who've arrived from Burma, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia and Iran but for all intents, when the term Muhajir is used, it generally refers to the Muslim refugees from British India.
The term Muhajir itself is now gradually being replaced by the more politically acceptable term "Urdu Speaker" or "Urdu" because of its connotations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhajir_(Pakistan)
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