Gujarati people facts for kids
Total population | |
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c. 40 to 60 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
India: States of Gujarat, Maharashtra | 45.5 million |
More than 40% of Asian Indians | |
Languages | |
Gujarati | |
Religion | |
Hinduism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism (see Parsis), Islam, Christianity |
Gujarati people (Gujarati: ગુજરાતી લોકો Gujǎrātī loko?), or Gujaratis, is an umbrella term used to describe traditionally Gujarati-speaking people who can trace their ancestry to the state of Gujarat within the Republic of India.
Images for kids
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Jinnah with Mahatma Gandhi in Bombay, 1944
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Gujaratis have achieved a high demographic profile in many urban districts worldwide, notably in India Square, or Little Gujarat, in Bombay, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA, within the New York City Metropolitan Area, as large-scale immigration from India continues into New York, with the largest metropolitan Gujarati population outside of India.
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The Swaminarayan Temple at Neasden, London which is the largest Hindu Temple in Europe
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Ali Velshi, multifaceted journalist, born in Nairobi, raised in Toronto, and now based in New York City.
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Amla training with South Africa in 2009.
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Vedhmi is a sweet lentil stuffed chapatis.
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Excerpt from "My experiments with truth" - the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi in its original Gujarati.
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Mer Dandiya, a sword dance performed by the martial communities of Saurashtra
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Mahatma Gandhi, developed Satyagraha, the Father of India
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India and Indian statesman
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Narendra Modi, the 14th and current Prime Minister of India
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Morarji Desai, the 4th Prime Minister of India
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Vikram Sarabhai, physicist, father of the Indian space program, first Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
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Abdul Sattar Edhi, Philanthropist, Founder of Edhi Foundation
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Gautam Adani, industrialist, richest man in Asia
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Mukesh Ambani, business magnate, second richest man in Asia
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Asha Parekh, Bollywood actress
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Alka Yagnik, playback singer
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Dev Patel, British Asian film actor
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Dayananda Saraswati, Hindu philosopher and founder of the Arya Samaj, a global Hindu reform movement
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Alia Bhatt, Bollywood actress
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Azim Premji, billionaire businessman
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Amit Shah, politician and the 36th and current Home Minister of India
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Bhupendra Patel, politician and 17th and current Chief Minister of Gujarat
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Jackie Shroff, Bollywood actor
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Gujarati accountants in western India (c. 1855–1862)
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Rajputs in western India (c. 1855–1862)
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Parsis in western India (c. 1855–1862)
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Parsi priests in western India (c. 1855–1862)