Pathans of Madhya Pradesh

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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.