GUJARAT

Gujarat Family Trees

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A brief history

West India · Formed 1960 · Capital Gandhinagar

A coastal trading powerhouse for millennia — home to the Solanki, Chaulukya and Sultanate dynasties. Modern Gujarat was carved out of Bombay State in 1960 alongside Maharashtra.

LanguagesGujarati

Famous families & dynasties

Gaekwads of Baroda
Progressive Maratha rulers of Vadodara.
Ambanis of Chorwad
Reliance industrial family from Junagadh.
Nagar Brahmin lineages
Scholar-administrators of Junagadh and Vadnagar.
Patel / Patidar families
Land-holding farmers of Charotar — now global entrepreneurs.
Kutchi Bhatia merchant houses
Shippers who linked Mandvi to East Africa and Zanzibar.

Communities & clans

PatelPatidarBrahminBaniaJainKutchiKadwaLevaParsiRajput

Common gotras / clan names

KashyapaBharadwajaVasishtaGautamaAngirasaVachhas

Migration corridors from Gujarat

→East Africa (Uganda, Kenya)1890s onward — dukawalas, contractors, industrialists.
→United KingdomPost-1972 Uganda expulsion — the Leicester diaspora.
→United StatesMotels and diamonds — the Patel and Palanpuri families.
→Canada / AustraliaPost-2000 professional migration.

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