મલેશિયન ગુજરાતીઓ | |
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_(14769064942).jpg) A Gujarati family in Malaysia, photographed c.1892 | |
| Total population | |
| More than31,500)(>1% of Malaysian Indians)[citation needed] | |
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| Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia) | |
| Languages | |
| Gujarati,English,Malay andTamil | |
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PredominantlyHinduism · Jainism
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| Tamil,Tamil Malaysian,Malaysian Malayali,Indian Singaporeans, |
Malaysian Gujaratis (Gujarati:મલેશિયન ગુજરાતીઓ) are people of full or partialGujarati descent who were born in, or immigrated toMalaysia. Gujaratis first arrived in Malaya in the 14th century CE, to trade spices with theSultanate of Malacca.[1] It was until the 19th century, they settled in Malaysia.[2] Most Malaysian Gujaratis work as traders. The Gujaratis were mainly from the ports ofCambay,Kutch andSurat inGujarat, and settled in urban parts of Malaya, includingGeorgetown,Kuala Lumpur andIpoh.[1][3]
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