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{{short description|Americans of Sindhi birth or descent}}
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'''Sindhi Americans''' ({{Langx|sd|آمريڪي سنڌي}}) are [[Americans]] or residents of the [[United States]] who are of [[Sindhi people|Sindhi]] descent. They are a subgroup of [[Indian Americans]] and [[Pakistani Americans]].<ref name="Chatterji"/>

==Demographics==
Originating from the [[Sind Province (1936–1955)|Sindh region]] of [[British India]] now in modern-day Pakistan, Sindhi Americans belong to either Hindu or Muslim faith. Some [[Sindhi Hindus|belong to the Hindu faith]], particularly those who [[Sindhis in India|migrated from the Indian Republic]].<ref name="Chatterji"/> In the [[2010 United States census|2010 US Census]], nearly 7,000 individuals reported [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] as their first language.<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/language/data/other/detailed-lang-tables.xls|title=US Census 2010 (see row# 69)|work=U.S. Census Bureau|quote=Table 1. Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over for the United States: 2006-2008}}</ref> The total population of the [[Sindhi diaspora]] in the United States is estimated at over 50,000.<ref>{{cite book|last=Alfonso|first=Carolin|last2=Kokot|first2=Waltraud|last3=Tölölyan|first3=Khachig|title=Diaspora, Identity and Religion: New Directions in Theory and Research|date=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134390359}}</ref> The community is spread out over various U.S. cities, with sizable populations on the eastern coast.<ref name="WSC"/>[[File:Sindhi USC2000 PHS.svg|thumb|US states with significant Sindhi populations, based on the [[2000 United States census|2000 Census]].|left]]

==Culture==
[[List of Sindhi festivals|Sindhi festivals]] such as [[Cheti Chand]] are celebrated each year with much fanfare.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagosindhis.com/chetichand/|title=Cheti Chand Celebrations April 2nd, 2016|work=Sindhi Association of Metropolitan Chicago|access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref> The American Institute of Sindhulogy (AIS) is a non-profit institute of [[Sindhology]] in the U.S., dedicated to researching the history and cultural heritage of Sindh as well as its ancient [[Indus Valley Civilisation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sindhulogy.org/|title=Homepage|work=American Institute of Sindhulogy|access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref>

==Organizations and politics==
Sindhi Americans are socially and politically active, having formed numerous community and political-oriented organizations. They maintain interest in domestic American politics, as well as [[Government of Sindh|Sindhi politics]] and the wider politics of Pakistan.<ref name="Syed">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-118231-Sindhi-organisations-issue-10-point-declaration-in-US|title=Sindhi organisations issue 10-point declaration in US|work=The News International|date=3 July 2012|access-date=11 May 2014|first=Wajid Ali|last=Syed}}</ref> The [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] has a local chapter in the U.S., in which many Sindhis are involved.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pppusa.org/|title=Welcome to Pakistan Peoples Party USA Official Web Site|work=Pakistan Peoples Party (USA)|access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pppusa.info/index.html|title=The Official Website of Pakistan Peoples Party - USA|work=Pakistan Peoples Party (USA)|access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref> The [[World Sindhi Institute]] is a human rights organization founded in 1997 and is based in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Syed"/> The [[World Sindhi Congress]] (WSC) has a U.S. chapter which participates in human rights advocacy and the promotion of Sindhi political interests among the diaspora.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ghosh|first=Papiya|title=Partition and the South Asian Diaspora: Extending the Subcontinent|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317809661|page=111}}</ref> G. M. Syed Memorial Committee is a group based in [[Houston]], which promotes the ideology of Sindhi nationalist leader [[G.M. Syed]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmsyed.org./|title=Work & Life of G. M. Syed|work=GMSyed.org|access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="WSC">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsindhicongress.org/2011/01/hundreds-of-sindhi-americans-gathered-in-houston-to-pay-tribute-to-their-national-leader/|title=Hundreds of Sindhi-Americans Gathered in Houston to Pay Tribute to Their National Leader|work=World Sindhi Congress|date=17 January 2011|access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref> There are also [[United States Congress|Congress]]-focused lobbying groups such as the Sindhi American Political Action Committee (SAPAC),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sindhipac.org/ |title=Homepage (archived from Wayback) |work=SAPAC |access-date=11 May 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103115718/http://sindhipac.org/ |archive-date=3 January 2014 }}</ref> and the Sindh Monitor.<ref name="Chatterji">{{cite book|last=Chatterji|first=Joya|last2=Washbrook|first2=David|title=Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136018244}}</ref>

In addition, there are multiple community organizations and associations. The Sindhi Association of North America (SANA) is one of the largest societies of Sindhis residing in [[North America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanalist.org/sana/newsite/|title=Welcome to Sindhi Association of North America|work=SANALIST|access-date=11 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711065104/http://www.sanalist.org/sana/newsite/|archive-date=11 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanaweb.org/|title=Home|work=SANA|access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref> Other Sindhi associations include the American British Sindhi Medical Network (ABSMN),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absmn.net/|title=Home|work=American British Sindhi Medical Network|access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref> and the Alliance of Sindhi Associations of Americas which consists of various state-based associations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sindhisammelan.com/|title=Homepage|work=Global Sindhi Association|access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref>

==Notable people==
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===Indian-origin Sindhi American===
* [[Sabeer Bhatia]], entrepreneur and founder of Hotmail<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tarun-sakhrani/the-sindhis-of-sindh_b_8894284.html|title=The Sindhis of Sindh And Beyond|work=Huffington Post|date=4 January 2016|access-date=9 August 2016|first=Tarun|last=Sakhrani}}</ref>
* [[Neeraj Khemlani]], journalist
* [[Raj Kiran (actor)|Raj Kiran Mehtani]], Bollywood actor
* [[Rajesh Mirchandani]], television journalist
* [[Rajeev Motwani]], computer scientist
* [[Ramesh Balwani]], former president and COO of [[Theranos]]
* [[Reshma Kewalramani]], chief executive officer of [[Vertex Pharmaceuticals]]
* [[Sachal Vasandani]], jazz singer
* [[Sanjay Gupta]], neurosurgeon and medical journalist
* [[Reetika Vazirani]], poet and educator
* [[Umesh Vazirani]], computer scientist
* [[Vijay Vazirani]], computer scientist
* [[Richa Moorjani]], actress
* [[Ashish Vaswani]], computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher, first author of the paper ''[[Attention Is All You Need]]'' that introduced the [[Transformer (machine learning model)|Transformer]] architecture, foundational to modern large language models<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02021-w|title=Ashish Vaswani and the birth of Transformers|work=Nature|date=5 July 2023|access-date=7 September 2025}}</ref>

===Pakistan-origin Sindhi American===
* [[Ali S. Asani]], academic
* [[Abdul-Majid Bhurgri]], computer scientist
* [[Iqbal Theba]], actor
* [[Kumail Nanjiani]], actor and stand-up comedian
* [[Safdar Sarki]], political activist
* [[Gul Agha (computer scientist)|Gul Agha]], computer scientist
* [[Somy Ali]], actress and activist

==See also==
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* [[Asian Americans]]
* [[Pakistani Americans]]
** [[Baloch Americans]]
** [[Pashtun Americans]]
** [[Punjabi Americans]]
* [[Indian Americans]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Asian Americans}}
{{Demographics of the United States}}

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