Gujarati people -

Gujaratis

Mahatma Gandhi Sardar Patel Muhammad Ali Jinnah Dayananda Saraswati Morarji Desai Narendra Modi Vikram Sarabhai Dhirubhai Ambani Azim Premji Pranav Mistry Sam Pitroda Sunita Williams Lt Col A B Tarapore Sam Manekshaw Sanjay Leela Bhansali Prachi Desai Ameesha Patel Ela Bhatt
Total population
c. 60 million
Regions with significant populations
India	55,000,000
[1]
United States	1,400,000
United Kingdom	213,000
Pakistan	1,000,000
South Africa	155,017
Singapore	[2]
Canada	118,950[3]
Australia	40,000
Languages
Gujarati
Religion
Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, Zorastrianism

Gujaratis have achieved a highdemographic profile in many urban districts worldwide, notably in India Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, in the New York City Metropolitan Area,USA, as large-scale immigration fromIndia continues into New York,^[4][5][6][7]with the largest metropolitan Gujarati population outside of 

Gujarati people or Gujaratis are an Indian ethnic group that is traditionally Gujarati-speaking. Famous Gujaratis include Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Dhirubhai Ambani, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Virchand Gandhi,Narendra Modi and Vikram Sarabhai.

Contents

• 1 Demographics
  • 1.1 Gujarati diaspora in the United States
  • 1.2 Gujaratis of Pakistan
• 2 Genetics
• 3 Food
• 4 Literature
• 5 Mention in history
• 6 Notable people
• 7 Arts and entertainment
• 8 Science and technology
• 9 References
• 10 Further reading

Demographics

Gujarati diaspora in the United States

By far the largest Gujarati diaspora resides in the United States, with the highest concentration of over 100,000 in the New York City Metropolitan Area alone, notably in the growing Gujarati diasporic center of India Square in Jersey City, New Jersey. With the advent of significant levels of immigration from India to the United States in the 1960s, Gujaratis attained prominence as merchants and hoteliers, and over 40% of the hospitality industry in the United States is controlled by Gujaratis in the 21st century.^[8] As time passed, the offspring of the initial Gujaratis have also made high levels of advancement into professional fields, including as physicians,engineers, and lawyers. Many Gujaratis are concentrated in Edison Township, New Jersey, where Asian Indians make up the largest ethnic group.

                      PLACES OF INTEREST IN GUJARAT

                                           SOMNATH                    

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LOCATION-   located in the Prabhas Kshetra near Veraval in Saurashtra, on the western coast of Gujarat, India, is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of the god Shiva. It has currently become a tourist spot for pilgrims. The temple is considered sacred due to the various legends connected to it. Somnath means "The Protector of (the) Moon god". The Somnath Temple is known as "the Shrine Eternal", having been destroyed many times by Islamic kings and rulers Most recently it was rebuilt in November 1947, when Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel visited the area for the integration of Junagadh and mooted a plan for restoration. After Patel's death, the rebuilding continued under K. M. Munshi, another minister of the Government of India

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