Pathans of Madhya Pradesh

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
UrduEnglishHindi (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.