Sarabhai family
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The Sarabhai family has been a major business family of India
belonging to the Shrimal Jain
community. Members include
India
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belonging to the Shrimal Jain
Shrimal Jain
Shrimal Jain is an ancient Jain community originally from the Shrimal or Bhinmal town in southern Rajasthan.They mainly reside in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh...
community. Members include
- Ambalal SarabhaiAmbalal SarabhaiAmbalal Sarabhai was a leading industrialist of Ahmedabad and also played an important role in India's freedom struggle. He was founder of Sarabhai group of Companies, like Sarabhai Textiles, Calico Textile Mills, Sarabhai Chemicals & others....
was in the 1940s and 1950s, the owner of the Sarabhai Textile Mills in AhmedabadAhmedabadAhmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
- at the time one of India's largest textile companies. - Anasuyaben (his sister), Gandhian freedom fighter
- Mridula SarabhaiMridula SarabhaiMridula Sarabhai was a Gandhian freedom fighter and activist. She was a member of the famous Sarabhai family of Ahmedabad.-Early life:...
(his daughter), freedom fighter and Indian politician - Vikram SarabhaiVikram SarabhaiVikram Ambalal Sarabhai was an Indian physicist. He is considered to be the father of the Indian space program; legendary Homi Bhabha’s successor as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission; and was as at home in the world of the arts as in his favourite laboratory. His interests were vast and...
(his son) co-founder of the Indian Space Research Organization and Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadIndian Institute of Management AhmedabadThe Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad , better known as IIM Ahmedabad or simply IIM-A, is a business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is the second Indian Institute of Management to be established, in 1961.-History:...
. - Mrinalini SarabhaiMrinalini SarabhaiMrinalini Sarabhai is a celebrated Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. She is the founder director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, an institute for imparting training in dance, drama, music and puppetry, in the city of Ahmedabad...
(his daughter-in-law), noted danseuse - Kartikeya SarabhaiKartikeya SarabhaiKartikeya V Sarabhai is a well known environmentalist and industrialist from the Sarabhai family of Ahmedabad in India....
(his grandson), noted educationist and environmentalist - Mallika SarabhaiMallika SarabhaiMallika Sarabhai is an activist and Indian Classical Dancer from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Daughter of Classical Dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and renowned Space Scientist Vikram Sarabhai, Mallika is an accomplished Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancer.-Early life:Mallika Sarabhai was born in...
(his granddaughter), noted danseuse and activist
TV
- Sarabhai vs SarabhaiSarabhai vs sarabhaiSarabhai vs Sarabhai is a 2005 sitcom set in a quintessential upper class family in Mumbai aired on channel STAR One in India. The show had one of the best TRPs for an Indian comedy show....
- A popular IndianIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
sitcom that ran on Star OneSTAR OneSTAR One is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Hindi entertainment based in Mumbai. Launched on 1 November 2004 with its show, Remix, the channel gained in popularity with television shows such as Remix, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Nach Baliye, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai,...