Tags: Ethnic Group.
A large number of people with Arab origins have over time settled in the state of Gujarat in India primarily due to the proximity of Arabia to India. They now form one of the large communities Muslim in that state. They are also known as Chavuse especially in Saurashtra. In Gujarat the term Arab strictly refers to families that came in the 17th 18th and 19th Century from the Arabian Peninsula and does not include the Sayyid and Shaikh communities who also claim an Arab origin.
