Kutchi people

The Kutchi people (Kutchi and Gujarati: કચ્છી (Gujarati script); Sindhi: ڪڇي (Perso-Arabic); कच्छी (Devanagari)) traditionally hail from the Kutch district of the western Indian state of Gujarat and the Sindh region of Pakistan.

[3] Kutchis, being a part of the Indian diaspora, have maintained their traditions abroad; in 1928, Kutchi Hindus in Nairobi held a Swaminarayan procession in which 1200 people attended.

[4] The Kutchis have been living in southern part of Sindh for decades and call themselves Sindhis.

[2] Many Kutchi people are also part of the Khoja community, an international diaspora of individuals from Gujarat and its surrounding areas.

In the 19th and 20th century, many of them immigrated to East Africa in search of economic opportunities, in addition to North America, the United Kingdom, and Oman, where they are also known as Al-Lawatia.