) for
Memons in
Colombo under the Memon Association of Ceylon in 1956. In the early 1900s, Kathiawar Memon merchants and traders (mainly from
Kutiyana,
Porbandar and
Upleta) traveled to
Ceylon (in modern
Sri Lanka) to trade and exploit business opportunities. Memon people started the trading route between India and Sri lanka in the early 1930s. The Memon merchants brought variety of Indian products to
Ceylon (in modern
Sri Lanka), it mainly consisted textiles and it was sold in the
Colombo Pettah market. The reason for the mass migration, displacement, and later the international settlement of the Memon people around the world was primarily due to the Hindu-Muslim riots after the
Partition of India and the
Annexation of Junagadh. After the Muslim Nawab of Junagadh was overthrown by India, many Memons left Junagadh and entered
exile. Many Memons in the Kathiawar region were attacked and were looted by the mobs, which resulted in great loss to the Memon community especially in the
Junagadh District and surrounding villages in modern state of Gujarat in India. After the riots, the majority of the Memon population of the Kathiawar were displaced, and there are very few Memons remaining in Kathiawar today. Lately, Memon people started migrating to other states within India (such as Mumbai), and alarge number of them migrated and settled in modern
Pakistan. Memon merchants who were involved in the trading route between India and Sri Lanka, decided to migrate and settle in what was then Ceylon (now modern Sri Lanka) along with their families. Memon people were firstly based in Colombo 12 in the early 1950s and gradually started to expand and move to other parts of the
Colombo city. The Memon association of Ceylon was formed in the year 1956 in Hullsdorf, Colombo by well known personalities of the Memon community in Sri Lanka. Recently, it was changed to the Memon association of Sri Lanka. ==See also==