A few Mochi families had arrived in Ontario in the seventies looking to improve the quality of life for themselves and their children. They came mainly from UK and Africa. As the numbers grew, the idea of creating a group was born.

Manikant Chauhan, Harshad Chauhan, Late Harish Parmar, Babubhai Chauhan, Subhash Chauhan, Dhansukh Chauhan are the founding members of MGM; who had a dream to create a samaj that would provide a solid platform for our own group of people, a generation of baby boomers and their children alike. As immigration became most active in eighties and nineties, MGM grew in membership. Slowly some of the events like picnic and Diwali show became so popular that they were scheduled as regular annual events. The original MGM constitution was created in May 1983. It has been since amended as required from time to time to enhance the value added benefits for the members. MGM had established its grass root mission right from the beginning, which encouraged existing members to participate in the events and newcomers to come forward and join the group.

In 2004, Mahila Mandal was born, the brainchild of Anupama Parmar, one of our past MGM presidents. She created and inducted Mahila mandal as part of the MGM, giving the ladies of the mandal the platform to discuss and action their own social and cultural values.

Our MGM mandate has been to maintain our traditional Hindu culture and cultural values, to cultivate cohesiveness among members and enhance the togetherness within our group. MGM, as it stands today has been successful in bringing its members together and sharing the benefits of our rich heritage which stems from the state of Gujarat in India where our forefathers originally came from.