pashtuns in ,,patna,,bihar india

[gadoonwal]

grano malgaro,
Patna or patana is a city in Bihar india where many people of pashtun origin lives.Many of them are the decendants of ,,suri,,pashtuns.
Some even say the city was named after great pashtun warrior fareed khan also known as sher shah suri (founder of the suri dynsty).
Somewhere i read that few pashtuns there still sing pashtu ,,charbaita,,in their wedings cermonies etc.
I am interested to know about that.
manana

[Manzareh]

Patan/Pathan in the language of Patna meant: 'to root out, expel, annihilate' the pashtuns were called this because thats exactly what they did to the original inhabitants of Patna and the reason why there are people of Pashtun decent there, This was long before Sher Shah Suri.

[KhalsaWarrior]

Patan/Pathan in the language of Patna meant: 'to root out, expel, annihilate' the pashtuns were called this because thats exactly what they did to the original inhabitants of Patna and the reason why there are people of Pashtun decent there, This was long before Sher Shah Suri.

The Nanda dynasty ruled Magadh in eastern India with Patna as its capital 350 BC. The name of the place then was Pataliputra. So Patna is very much a corruption of the original name. Dont think it has anything to do with Pathan/Pashtun.

Its true that Sher Shah Suri was from present day eastern UP and Bihar. If memory serves me right, his grave is in Sasaram, a small town in Bihar. Regarding Pashtun populations, the biggest (and genetically closest to present day Afghan Pashtuns) would be in Malihabad, eastern UP. The next closest population might be of the Rohilla Pashtuns in western UP around the town of Aligarh.

[Mohsinkhan]

grano malgaro,
Patna or patana is a city in Bihar india where many people of pashtun origin lives.Many of them are the decendants of ,,suri,,pashtuns.
Some even say the city was named after great pashtun warrior fareed khan also known as sher shah suri (founder of the suri dynsty).
Somewhere i read that few pashtuns there still sing pashtu ,,charbaita,,in their wedings cermonies etc.
I am interested to know about that.
manana

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I live in Ahmedabad, India. Thousands of Pathans live in this city, most of them belong to Swat, Khyber, Pekhawar, Qandahar. Jalalabad, Kabul and other areas of Afghanistan. Most of us have lost our beloved Pukhto language but still some elders speak it. Therefore Pathan Cultural and social committee of Ahmadebad has published a book named "pushto zabaan hamari zabaan' for those Pathans who wants to learn it. It is been given to those Pathans who are registered under the committe, it's very useful book, i read it. Now committe is thinking to start Pashto teaching class in Ahmedabad, if it starts then i'll join it, because i also want to learn my ancestral language.

[Mohsinkhan]

^ are you a Rohillah?

No brother,
i belong to Ahmadzai tribe, my great grandfather was from Afghanistan.

[Mohsinkhan]

Da Allah shukar dey,
we r in very good position, and well educated,
but unfortunately most Pathans are in illegal businesses, and we are united also.

[Karachi]

can indian pashtuns/pathans still speak pashto?

[Mohsinkhan]

No. Most have lost it but some elders still speak it. and I also know little.
lag lag raazi

[Admin Khan]

Mohsin, welcome.

is the Pashtun community treated fairly and equally?

[Mohsinkhan]

Yes, but some people charectorize us as terrorists.

[gadoonwal]

warm welcome brother mohsin khan/thod harkalay wrora,
dera manana staaso da malomato/many thanks for the info.
sanga ye taaso?/how are you?
taaso sa malomat da patna da pukhtanu pa bara ki lary?(do you have any info on the pashtun of patna?)

[Mohsinkhan]

Bekhana gwaarram wrora, za da Patna pukhtano maalumaat na laram, za che kala halta tlaley na yam, za da Ahmedabad pukhtano maalumaat laram.
Sorry if is there any problem is my Pashto because i can speak just little not fluent. You can ask me anything about Pathans of Ahmedabad.

[gadoonwal]

Bekhana gwaarram wrora, za da Patna pukhtano maalumaat na laram, za che kala halta tlaley na yam, za da Ahmedabad pukhtano maalumaat laram.
Sorry if is there any problem is my Pashto because i can speak just little not fluent. You can ask me anything about Pathans of Ahmedabad.

der kha wrora,your pashtu is realy good.
do you know a place name ,,jaaro,,somewhere in gujrat.
one man from our village long time ago went to india and lived in place called ,,jaaro,,his children lost contact with him long time ago.
I just want to know ,is jaaro a city?

[Mohsinkhan]

I never heared this place name, it may be a small town. Most Pathans do not have contacts with their relatives of Pakistan or Afghanistan. We do not have also.