Sylhetis

The Sylheti diaspora refers to the descendants of ethnic Sylhetis who emigrated out of the Sylhet Division, Bangladesh, 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. A study from 2008 shows that, 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] Sylhetis in the homeland have further developed their communities with remittances sent by Sylhetis in the United Kingdom.^[3]

Notables

Mohammad Ataul Karim, Scientist
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG
Anwar Choudhury, Diplomat
Saiman Miah, Designer of London 2012 Olympic Royal Mint
Irene Khan, Former Secretary General of Amnesty International
Rushanara Ali, Member of Parliament
Khatun Sapnara
Enam Ali, MBE, FRSA
Shelim Hussain, MBE
Iqbal Ahmed, OBE British billionaire
Wali Tasar Uddin, MBE
Ajmal Masroor, Television presenter
Tommy Miah, FRSA, Celebrity chef

References

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[1] ttp://www.diasporas.ac.uk/assets/Zeitlyn%20working%20paper.pdf

[2] ttp://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

[3] ttp://books.google.com/books?id=kaBEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA108&dq=sylheti+diaspora&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pb_VUqLHGNK_sQTLpoGADg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=sylheti%20diaspora&f=false

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