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Marathi Muslims

The term Muslim Marathas is usually used to signify Marathi Muslims from the state of Maharashtra in north-western coast of India, who speak Marathi as a mother-tongue and Urdu and follow certain customs slightly differing from the rest of Indian Muslims. According to 2001 Indian census, there were 10,270,485 Muslims in Maharashtra and constituted 10.60% of the state population.

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Marathi Muslims
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Sunni, Shia, Shia Ismaili
Languages
MarathiKonkaniHindustani

The term Muslim Marathas is usually used to signify Marathi Muslims from the state of Maharashtra in north-western coast of India, who speak Marathi as a mother-tongue (first language) and Urdu and follow certain customs slightly differing from the rest of Indian Muslims.23 According to 2001 Indian census,4 there were 10,270,485 Muslims in Maharashtra and constituted 10.60% of the state population.

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External links
  • Sharma, Anil (1985). "Muslim Communities in the Bombay Presidency: Socio-Economic Changes in Colonial India". Journal of Asian Studies. 44 (3): 467–489.
  • Deshpande, Mangesh (2012). Cultural Confluences in India: Narratives of Identity and Integration. University of Pune Press.