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(جمعیت پنجابی سوداگران دہلی ‎), sometimes referred to as the Qaum-e-Punjabian (Urdu: قوم پنجابیان), Delhi Walay(Urdu: دہلی والے ‎), Aldehlawi (Arabic: الدهلوي ‎), or simply Shamsi Biradari (Urdu: شمسی برادری ‎) are a community of Punjabi Muslims that historically came from Sargodha in Punjaband then lived mainly in Old Delhi, India. They also settled in a number of other cities such as towns in western Uttar Pradesh, such as Agra, Aligarh, Meerut, Moradabad, Bareilly, Rampur, Kanpur; including areas within western Uttar Pradesh that now falls in state of Uttarakhand; namely Nainital and Haldwani. After the partition of India, and subsequent independence of Pakistan in 1947, many members of the community migrated to Pakistan, particularly Karachi and Lahore, while few chose to migrate to Meccaand Medina.