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This is a list of Urdu-speaking people a distinct ethnolinguistic and cultural group from the Indian subcontinent traditionally associated with the Urdu language and Indo-Islamic elite culture of northern and central India. [1] Urdu-speaking Muslims of Hindustan formed a socio-political elite whose shared customs, dress, and literary culture distinguish them from other Muslim communities of South Asia. [1] Many migrated to Pakistan during the Partition of 1947 forming the Muhajir (Pakistan) community who identify as Pakistanis,while a significant population remains in India today. [2]
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