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Ambalal Sarabhai (23 February 1890 – 13 July 1967) was an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, institution builder, and supporter of
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...
. He was the chairman and promoter of
Calico Mills The Calico Mills, officially Ahmedabad Manufacturing and Calico Printing Mills Ltd and M/S ILAC Ltd, was one of the earliest textile mills established in Ahmedabad, India by Sarabhai family. Established in 1888, it closed in 1998. The land, pla ...
and the founder of The Sarabhai Group of Companies. He also was a participant in Indian independence movement.


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Sarabhai family The Sarabhai family is a prominent Indian family active in several fields. The patriarch, Ambalal Sarabhai, was a leading industrialist. While he created significant wealth, his children interested themselves in a wide variety of other endeavou ...


References

* Basu Aparna, As Times Change. Sarabhai Foundation, 2018. p 115, 123, 124 * M. V. Kamath & V. B. Kher, The Story of Militant But Non-Violent Trade Unionism. Navajivan Trust. 1993. p 37 * Edwin Mortimer Standing, Indian Twilight. Bharati Sarabhai Charity Trust. 1967. * Howard Spodek, Ahmedabad: Shock City of Twentieth-Century India. Orient Blackswan Private Limited. 2012. p 37, 38, 39, 40, 121–139. * Erikson, Erik H. Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence. Faber and Faber Limited. 1970. p 296–303. * Amrita Shah, Vikram Sarabhai: A Life. Penguin Books. 2016. p 6–13, 27, 29, 40, 45, 54, 66, 77–78, 91, 93, 99–100, 102, 104, 141, 164, 210. * Kenneth L. Gillion. Ahmedabad: A Study In Indian Urban History. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles. 1968. p 86,87, 170 * Dwijendra Tripathi and Makarand Mehta. Business Houses in Western India: A Study in Entrepreneurial Response 1850- 1956. Manohar Publications. 1990. p 92 * Tirthanker Roy. A Business History of India: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism from 1700. Cambridge University Press. 2018. p 146, 171, 192 * Amrita Shah. Ahmedabad: A City in the World. Bloomsbury Publishing India. 2015 * Kalia,Ravi. Gandhinagar: building national identity in postcolonial India. University of South Carolina. 2004. p 43–45, 50, 51, 53. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarabhai, Ambalal Businesspeople from Ahmedabad People from Vadodara 1890 births 1967 deaths People from Gujarat Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal Indian businesspeople in textiles Gandhians Indian philanthropists Indian independence activists from Gujarat Founders of Indian schools and colleges Gujarati people Sarabhai family Jain Indian independence activists