Pathans of Madhya Pradesh
Former erstwhile Governor of Uttarakhand from 2012 to 2015, Dr. Aziz Qureshi, who previously served as one of the state cabinet ministers of Madhya Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| India (Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) | |
| Languages | |
| Urdu • English • Hindi (Bagheli, Powari, Chhattisgarhi, Surgujia, Bundeli) | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Pashtun people |
The Pathans of Madhya Pradesh are an Urdu-speaking Pashtun community settled in the present-day Indian state of Madhya Pradesh as well as a small minority of internal migrants and their descendants in neighbouring Chhattisgarh state, which was partitioned in 2000.