The Romani people originally came to Europe from Northern India,[4][5][6][7][8][9] presumably from the northwestern Indian states of Rajasthan[8][9] and Punjab.

The conference ended with a recommendation to the Government of India to recognize the Roma community spread across 30 countries as a part of the Indian diaspora.

[15] In the second half of the 14th century, They settled in places like Dubrovnik, Zagreb, Pula, and Šibenik and worked as traders, craftsmen and entertainers.

According to litteras promotorias, nomad Romani groups also had the authority to resolve independently all intragroup conflicts.

[17] Maria Theresa and Joseph II, in regulations issued in 1761, 1767 and 1783, outlawed the Romani nomadic lifestyle, forced them to accept local clothing codes and languages, made regulations regarding personal and family names and limited their choice of professions.

[17] Large groups of Roma arrived in Croatia in the 19th century from Romania after the abolition of Romani slavery there in 1855.

[17] Between about 20,000[18] and about 30,000 Croatian Romani were executed by Ustasha police officers in Independent State of Croatia during World War II.

[23] In the Republic of Croatia, Romani have remained largely marginalized, so the government has a programme to provide them with systematic assistance in order to improve their living conditions and to include them in the social life.

[26] The Romani elect a special representative to the Croatian Parliament shared with members of eleven other national minorities.

[28] In 2012 the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb introduced for the first time courses titled Romani language I and Literature and culture of Roma.