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Gujaratis
Total population
Mahatma Gandhi
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.

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The king of Cambay (in present-day Gujarat) from "Figurae variae Asiae et Africae," a 16th-century Portuguese manuscript in the Casanatense Library in Rome (Codex Casanatense 1889)
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 at Neasden, London which is 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.
Vedhmi is a sweet lentil stuffed chapatis.
Excerpt from "My experiments with truth" - the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi in its original Gujarati.
Women and men performing Garba as part of Navaratri celebrations in the city of Ahmedabad
Mer Dandiya, a sword dance performed by the martial communities of Saurashtra
Mahatma Gandhi, developed Satyagraha, the Father of India
Muhammed Ali Jinnah, the Father of Pakistan and 1st Governor-General of Pakistan
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India and Indian statesman
Narendra Modi, the 14th and current Prime Minister of India
Morarji Desai, the 4th Prime Minister of India
Vikram Sarabhai, physicist, father of the Indian space program, first Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Abdul Sattar Edhi, Philanthropist, Founder of Edhi Foundation
Gautam Adani, industrialist, richest man in Asia
Mukesh Ambani, business magnate, second richest man in Asia
Asha Parekh, Bollywood actress
Alka Yagnik, playback singer
Dimple Kapadia, Bollywood actress
Dev Patel, British Asian film actor
Dayananda Saraswati, Hindu philosopher and founder of the Arya Samaj, a global Hindu reform movement
Alia Bhatt, Bollywood actress
Shastriji Maharaj, founder of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Hindu denomination
Azim Premji, billionaire businessman
Amit Shah, politician and the 36th and current Home Minister of India
Bhupendra Patel, politician and 17th and current Chief Minister of Gujarat
Jackie Shroff, Bollywood actor
Nagar Brahmins in western India (c. 1855–1862)
Bhatias in western India (c. 1855–1862)
Gujarati brokers in western India (c. 1855–1862)
Gujarati accountants in western India (c. 1855–1862)
Rajputs in western India (c. 1855–1862)
Parsis in western India (c. 1855–1862)
Parsi priests in western India (c. 1855–1862)
Lohanas in western India (c. 1855–1862)
Bohras in western India (c. 1855–1862)
Banians of Damnaggar (Kutch)
Khojas of Western India ca. 1855-1862
Memon men - photographs of Western India Series 1855-1862

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