Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Ghosi (Urdu: غوثی Hindi: ग़ोसी) are a Muslim community found mainly in North India. The meaning of Ghosi (Sanskrit ghosa root ghush) is to shout as he herds his cattle. They are associated with the occupation cattle rearing and the selling of milk. According to ethnographies written by British civil servants such as H.A. Rose and Denzil Ibbetson the Ghosi are Hindu Ahirs converted to Islam.
