The city of Agra has nearly 60,000 Sindhi Hindus who went to India from Pakistan after partition in 1947.

Homeless, they sheltered in temporary camps and made a living selling fruits and garments. Agra is a centre for the shoe and leather industry which, before partition, was mainly in the hands of Muslims. After hundreds of Muslims migrated to Pakistan their place was slowly filled by Sindhi and Punjabi Hindu migrants.