Gujarati people
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.
Total population | |
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c. 40 to 60 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
India: States of Gujarat, Maharashtra | 45.5 million[1] |
More than 40% of Asian Indians[2] | |
Languages | |
Gujarati | |
Religion | |
Hinduism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism (see Parsis), Islam, Christianity |
Gujarati People Media
Jinnah with Mahatma Gandhi in Bombay, 1944
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.
The Swaminarayan Temple in Neasden, London, the largest Hindu temple in Europe
Ali Velshi, multifaceted journalist, born in Nairobi, raised in Toronto, and now based in New York City.
Amla training with South Africa in 2009.
Excerpt from "My experiments with truth" - the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi in its original Gujarati.
Vedhmi is a sweet lentil stuffed chapatis.
Mer Dandiya, a sword dance performed by the martial communities of Saurashtra
References
- ↑ Languages of India, Ethnologue.com (retrieved 30 October 2007)
- ↑ Raymond Brady Williams (2004). "Williams on South Asian Religions and Immigration By Raymond Brady Williams". Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 207. Retrieved 25 February 2009.