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The Sylheti diaspora refers to the descendants of ethnic Sylhetis who emigrated out of the Sylhet region to the rest of world. The Sylheti diaspora numbers around one million, mainly concentrated in Britain, North America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Britain have the largest number of Sylheti diaspora where 200,000 people speak Sylheti, which is 95% of total number of Bangladeshi people in UK.[1] According to the census of 2009 it shows the actual number is lot higher.[2]

Some of the notable people of Sylheti diaspora are:

  1. Mohammad Ataul Karim, Scientist
  2. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG
  3. Anwar Choudhury, Diplomat
  4. Saiman Miah, Designer of London 2012 Olympic Royal Mint
  5. Irene Khan, Former Secretary General of Amnesty International
  6. Rushanara Ali, MP
  7. Khatun Sapnara
  8. Enam Ali, MBE, FRSA
  9. Shelim Hussain, MBE
  10. Iqbal Ahmed, OBE British billionaire
  11. Wali Tasar Uddin, MBE
  12. Ajmal Masroor, Television presenter
  13. Tommy Miah, FRSA, Celebrity chef

References

  1. ^ http://www.diasporas.ac.uk/assets/Zeitlyn%20working%20paper.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTrendView.do?a=3&b=276772&c=tower+hamlets&d=13&e=13&f=21810&g=346968&i=1001x1003x1004x1005&l=1809&o=198&m=0&r=1&s=1387194775767&enc=1&adminCompId=21810&variableFamilyIds=6286&xW=1014&nsjs=true&nsck=false&nssvg=false&nswid=1366
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