The Towns Mirror Special: Uncovering the story of Cox Town’s Sindhi Colony
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Feb 4, 2021, 06:00 IST
Sindhis in East Bengaluru after the
Partition
Adiverse culture is what forms the face of a country. But what is the history behind so many small communities that have settled here? ReReeti, an organisation that works towards revitalising museums and heritage sites, will be documenting the origin all that is pertinent to the existence of Cox Town’s Sindhi community in Bengaluru.
The Undivided Identities: Unknown Stories of Partition project aims to uncover how, during the Partition, non-Muslims from
Sindh in Pakistan migrated and settled down in different states of India, including Bangalore (Mysore State), says Tejshvi Jain. The Sindhi Colony in Cox Town was created in 1948, to house the refugees from Sindh in Pakistan. The government - then the Mysore State, bought the land from a man named