Gujarati people or
Gujaratis (
ગુજરાત) are an
Indo-Aryan ethnic group that is traditionally
Gujarati-speaking. Famous Gujaratis include
Mahatma Gandhi,
Sardar Vallabhai Patel,
Morarji Desai,
Sam Bahadur,
Vikram Sarabhai,
Swami Dayanand Saraswati,
Shyamji Krishna Varma,
Muhammed Ali Jinnah,
Freddie Mercury,
Azim Premji,
Dhirubhai Ambani,
Narendra Modi, and
Jamsetji Tata. Gujaratis are very prominent in
industry and key figures played an historic role in the introduction of the doctrine of
Swaraj and the decisive victory of the 1947
Indian independence movement in
British-ruled India.