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| The '''Mumbai Telugus''' are a social community of [[Telugu language]] speakers living in [[Mumbai]], the Financial capital of [[India]]. There are about 5 [[lakh]] Telugu speakers in Mumbai.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} This includes both those who are born in Mumbai, and those born in [[Andhra Pradesh]]/[[Telangana]] or elsewhere in the Telugu diaspora. They are one of the major communities in Mumbai today.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
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| The Telugu community's links with Maharashtra date back to [[Chhatrapati Shivaji]]'s times. Old records say that the major batch of Telugus arrived in Maharashtra in the 17th century.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} A devastating famine and the Razakar excesses in Hyderabad fueled fresh migration to Mumbai in the early part of the 20th century when the city was in the midst of a textile/real estate boom, and hectic construction activity.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
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| Many joined textile mills, most of them Padmashalis, a sub-caste known for its weaving-spinning skills. Others toiled to build Mumbai landmarks such as the Metro cinema and the art-deco apartments in south Mumbai. Sayajirao Silam and Narasimha Puppala, Mumbai's leading political figures in the 1950s, were Telugus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Emandi-Cheppandi-Mumbaikar-Telugu-conclave-today/articleshow/4626075.cms|title = Emandi Cheppandi: Mumbaikar Telugu conclave today | Mumbai News - Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article288045.ece|title = AP's aid sought for Telugus in Maharashtra}}</ref>
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| Due to 2000's IT boom, there has been significant increase in floating of Telugu software professionals to Mumbai city.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
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| [[Category:Ethnic groups in Mumbai]]
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| [[Category:Telugu people]]
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| [[Category:Internal migrations in India]]
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