About Cutchi Memon Jamath Bangalore

In or around the year 1404, about 700 families consisting of about 6178 individuals belonging to the famous Lohana section of Hindus accepted Islam. These reverts came to be known as Momins or Memons.

Historical books of Sindh refer to these erstwhile Lohanas living there around 300BC, during the time when Alexander the Great came to that region. The then ruler of Sindh was King Ind. After King Ind's demise, Raja Chach, the first king of the Brahmin dynasty, ruled in 7 A.D. Arab historians and other travellers of those days have furnished flowery descriptions of Sindh and Raja Chach...