About one lakh Sikhs live in twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. And about 22 lakh Sikhs live in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad alone have 24 Gurudwaras. Besides these there are 4 Gurudwaras in Army and one in CRPF at Chandrayangutta in city. The oldest Gurudwara in twin cites is the Central Gurudwara Saheb at Gowliguda Chaman. It was established in the year 1901. It is considered as the central seat for sikhs in Hyderabad.

The Sikhs first came to the city on the invitation of the Nizam IV in 1832,as a small group from Punjab to join the Nizam's army and revenue department. The then ruler of Hyderabad wanted 'strong' men to join these services. When the then Nizam wrote to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the then ruler of Punjab, to send a contingent of strong people to help in strengthening his forces, the first group of Sikhs arrived in Hyderabad and settled down in Barambala, now the cantonment area.

Today in Hyderabad, the Sikhs are mostly into Businesses like Automobile spare parts,transport etc. Quite a lot of them are also in the Defence forces.

The Sikhs are indeed a very lively community and have easily mixed up with the local population.

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The Parsi community
The 'Parsees' came to India from the Persian province about 1200 years ago to safeguard their religion and the teachings of zarathushtra from being Islamised by the invading Arabians.

In the early 18th century, the first parsis came to Hyderabad on the invitation of Salar jung 1 to lay the foundation for a sound administration. The Asaf jahi Dynasty attracted some of the best parsi talent and may of them spent their lives in the service of the Nizams in an unbroken record for more than 100 years occupying positions of trust and responsibility.

Today there are around 1200 parsis in Hyderabad. They are a combination of Hyderabadi culture with strong British influences making them distinctly different from their counterparts in other cities.

The Parsi Anjuman which acts as a governing body take care of various properties while their Dharmashala takes care of Parsis from outstation by providing them with boarding and lodging for a very nominal amount.

The 80- year old parsi school admits students from all walks of the society. The Zoroastrian club is the venue for most community activities. Hyderabad also boasts of Parsi colonies like bapu Bagh, Shapurbagh.

Majority of the Parsis are well educated with most of them opting for Defence services and business.

The Parsis are well known for their Philanthropist activities and are fun-loving people with a passion for good living.

The Parsis celebrate their new year on August 21st.


Malayalees in Hyderabad
There is no clear and definite history as to when Malayalees first came to Hyderabad, but social organisations promoting Malayali culture feel that people from Kerala started coming to Andhra Pradesh as far back as the 15th century.

Research conducted by the most prominent Malayali socio-cultural organisation Samaikya has revealed that the first Malayalees started coming to Andhra even prior to the rule of the Nizams.

Since the Muslim concentration in Hyderabad was more, Malayalee Muslims from the north of Kerala, specially from the Malabar Hills area started migrating from their region as they did not feel secure under the Hindu rulers of Kerala.

More than 20,000 Malayalees had migrated to Andhra Pradesh in the first phase during the late 15th century. They made their journey on foot which took them four-and-a-half days.

According to a recent survey conducted by Samaikya, the number of Malayalees living in the city, is anywhere between seven and eight lakh, while the figure could be 20 lakh all over the state. The figures have been obtained after deducting the floating population.

There is a large-scale presence of Malayalees in the city at Malkajgiri, Safilguda, ECIL, Sanathnagar, Bowenpally, Fatehnagar, Sitafalmandi and other areas.
Fateh Nagar is often called ‘mini-Kerala’ because of the large number of Malayalees living there, while in the state, it is districts like Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Nalgonda where there is considerable presence of Malayalees.

Most of the Malayalis in the city are either working as government officials or are in the Defence Services.A considerable number of them are also into the hotel and education industry.There are very few businessmen in the community, while there a number of doctors and nurses in various hospitals.

Prominent Malayali organisations
There are more than 100 Malayali organisations in the state, the most prominent Malayali organisations are the following:
* Samaikya, Warasiguda: The organisation works for the preservation, propagation and popularisation of Malayali culture and literature.
* Hyderabad Kerala Samajam, Chinthal Basthi: Sreedharan is the secretary. This works for the socio-cultural upliftment of Keralites.
* Kairalee Samajam, Secunderabad: A literary organisation of the Keralites.
* Kairalee Association, Alwal: A Malayali organisation working for the socio-cultural development of the community.
* Kairalee Educational Society, Neredmet:
* N S K K High School Society, Bowenpally:
* Sree Narayana Educational and Cultural Society, Secunderabad: