Gandhinagar: When the son of Gujarat Narendra Modi went to Mauritius, many interesting connections between Gujarat and Mauritius came to light.

Navin Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius narrated one incident where Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the founding father and first Prime Minister of Mauritius, once mentioned that Vithalbhai Patel was his mentor.

He further noted that Sir Harilal Vaghjee who was the first Speaker of the National Assembly, was of Gujarati origin.

In October 1901, Mahatma Gandhi visited Mauritius while traveling from Durban to Mumbai and stayed there for several days.

On Gandhiji’s advice, Manilal Maganlal Doctor traveled to Mauritius and spent considerable time there to support their Independence Movement.

Prime Minister Modi during his address to the community in Mauritius, highlighted that Mauritius supplied sugar to the western regions of India, which might explain why it is referred to as ‘Moras’ in Gujarati. DeshGujareat