Bhamba

Bhamba

Bhamba are a Punjabi tribe in Pakistan and India. The Bhamaba are Sikhs and Hindus in India and Muslim in Pakistan. Sikh and Hindu Bhambas migrated to India in 1947 after independence. After the arrival of Islam in the Punjab region many Bhambas were converted to Islam and adopted the title Shaikh.

Hindu and Sikh Bhambas also trace their ancestral hometown specially to the areas of Bhamba Kalan in Kasur District of Pakistan Punjab, Pakistan. Bhamba town has population of Qanungoh Shaikh.

ee also

* Bomba Dynasty
* Shaikh
* Shaikhs in South Asia
* Shaikh Siddiqui
* Kashmiri Shaikh
* Punjabi Shaikh
* Khawaja Shaikh

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