Patel power in Britain
Updated On: 15 June, 2009 08:30 AM IST | | Khalid A-H Ansari
There are reportedly a quarter of a million Patels in the country
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There are reportedly a quarter of a million Patels in the country
If the figures cited by a London radio station are to be believed, there are now around a quarter of a million Patels in Britain and that a member of the Gujarati community is seven times more likely to be a millionaire than a Smith.
A Radio Four reporter, investigating the country's 24th most common surname found Patels all over the country, representing different castes and clans, each with its own directories often running up to 1,000 pages, for
match-making.
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