The Punjabi Saudagaran-e-Delhi (Urdu: پنجابی سوداگران د ﮨلی ) or sometime referred to as the Qaum-e-Punjaban (Urdu: قوم پنجابن) are a community of Muslims that historically came from Sargodha in Punjab and then lived The Jamiat-e-Punjabi-Saudagaran-e-Delhi (Urdu: جمعیت پنجابی سوداگران دہلی
) or sometime referred to as the Qaum-e-Punjabian (Urdu: قوم پنجابیان), or simply Shamsi Biradari are a comm
unity of Muslims that historically came from Sargodha in Punjab and then lived mainly in the old Delhi, India. After independence of Pakistan in 1947 many members of the community migrated to Pakistan. They were traders and merchants as Saudagar ( سوداگر ) means trader in Persian and Urdu.[2]
History
The Punjabi Saudagar Community has had to face many migrations - the latest of them being in 1947 at the independence of Pakistan. Being traders and businessmen, a large number of immigrants chose Karachi, the largest city, port and the business hub of Pakistan to settle down. After immigration, the Community needed a platform to come together and stay close-knit. This platform was also envisioned as one that could be used to assist the less and underprivileged of the Community in specific and everyone in general and provide them with a better living standard. A few visionaries got together and in 1948 implemented this dream, forming the Jamiyat Punjabi Saudagran-e- Delhi. It has branches in Rawalpindi, Lahore and Sukkur. Before the fall of Dhaka, it also had branches in Dhaka and Chittagong - these organizations still exist and are working independently now.
