Claim: Gujarat has people.

Bharuch -LRB- Gujarati : ભરૂચ ; -RRB- , formerly known as Broach , is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India . Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District and is a municipality of about inhabitants . Being one of the biggest industrial areas including Ankleshwar GIDC , it is at times referred as the chemical capital of India .   The city of Bharuch and its surroundings have been settled since times of antiquity . It was a ship building centre and sea port in the pre-compass coastal trading routes to points West , perhaps as far back as the days of the Pharaohs . The route made use of the regular and predictable monsoon winds or galleys . Many goods from the Far East -LRB- the famed Spice and Silk trade -RRB- were shipped there during the annual monsoon winds , making it a terminus for several key land-sea trade routes . Bharuch was known to the Greeks , the various Persian Empires , in the Roman Republic and Empire , and in other Western centres of civilisation through the end of the European Middle Ages .   In the 3rd century , Bharuch port was mentioned as Barugaza . Arab traders entered Gujarat via Bharuch to do business . The British and the Dutch -LRB- Valandas -RRB- noted Bharuch 's importance and established their business centres here .   At the end of the 17th century , it was plundered twice , but resurged quickly . Afterwards , a proverb was composed about it , `` Bhangyu Bhangyu Toye Bharuch '' . As a trading depot , the limitations of coastal shipping made it a regular terminus via several mixed trade routes of the fabled spice and silk trading between East and West . During the British Raj it was officially known as Broach .   Bharuch has been the home to the Gujarati Bhargav Brahmin community for ages . The community traces its lineage to Maharshi Bhrigu rishi and Bhagwan Parshuram who is considered to be incarnation of Lord Vishnu . The Bhargav community still administers a large amount of public trusts in the city . However the present day Bhargav Brahmins have migrated to Mumbai , Surat , Vadodara , Ahmedabad and other countries like the USA , UK & Australia .   The city has textile mills , chemical plants , long staple cotton , dairy products and much more . Gujarat 's biggest liquid cargo terminal is situated there . It also houses many multinational companies , such as Videocon , BASF , Reliance , Safari Construction Equipments Pvt. Ltd. and Welspun Maxsteel Ltd. . Bharuch is a shopping centre well known for its salty peanuts . Because of the distinctive colour of its soil -LRB- which is also ideal for cotton cultivation -RRB- , Bharuch is sometimes referred to as ` Kanam Pradesh ' -LRB- black-soil land -RRB- .